History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.123

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²⁴⁸⁰ The dvīpas are generally said to be seven, but sometimes they are said to be 18 as in Vāyu 2 15 (aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpān aśnan Purūravāḥ) and by Kālidāsa in Raghuvaṁśa VI. 38 (aṣṭādaśa-dvīpa-nikhāta (*Continued from last page*) yūpaḥ) It is possible to take the word dvīpa in the sense of islands and not in the sense of continents in these cases, From Pān IV 3. 10 (dvīpādanusamudram yañ) it appears that the word 'dvīpa' was also used about islands near the sea coast. Vide 'Nine dvīpas of Bharatavarṣa' by Sashi bhushan Chauduri in I. A. Vol. 59 pp 204-208 and 224-226.