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³ J., VI, pp. 278—G. 1212; "Purato Videhe passa Goyāniye ca pacchato, Kuruyo Jambudipaṅca maximhi passa nimmitam," Cf. Hardy, op. cit., and loc. cit.; Cowell and Neil, Divyāvadāna, pp. 214 ff; Law, A Study of the Mahāvastu, pp. 4, 14; Watters, Yuan Chwang, I, pp. 31, 6; according to the Paurāṇic Geography, the world was comprised of 7 concentric dvipas, viz., Jambū, Śāka, Kuśa, Śālmala, Krauñca, Gomeda and Puṣkara; for the attempted identifications of these, see V. Venkatachellam, op. & loc. cit. cf. Kasten Rönnow, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, London, Vol. V, pp. 253-284.