Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s4.60

c6.s4.60

How the numbers of the islands and oceans were arbitrarily increased can be seen from their lists in later works which offer the following names, each applied to both an island and an ocean, all lying beyond the Nandiśvara-dvīpa surrounded by the Nandiśvara Ocean: 1. Aruṇa, 2. Aruṇavara, 3. Aruṇavarāvabhāsa, 4. Kuṇḍala, 5. Kuṇḍalavara, 6. Kuṇḍalavarāvabhāsa, 7. Śaṅkha, 8. Śaṅkhavara, 9. Śaṅkhavarāvabhāsa, 10. Rucaka, 11. Rucakavara, 12. Rucakavarāvabhāsa, 13. Hāra, 14. Hāravara, 15. Hāravarāvabhāsa, 16. Ardhahāra, 17. Ardhahāravara, 18. Ardhahāravarāvabhāsa, 19. Kanakāvali, 20. Kanakāvalivara, 21. Kanakāvalivarāvabhāsa, 22. Ratnāvali, 23. Ratnāvalivara, 24. Ratnāvalivarāvabhāsa, 25. Muktāvali, 26. Muktāvalivara, 27. Muktāvalivarāvabhāsa, 28. Ajina, 29. Ajinavara, 30. Ajinavarāvabhāsa, 31. Sūrya, 32. Sūryavara, 33. Sūryavarāvabhāsa, 34. Deva, 35. Nāga, 36. Yakṣa, 37. Bhūta, and 38. Svayambhūramaṇa.⁹⁶