Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.775
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s18.775
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Dvīpa, ‘island,’ is mentioned in the Rigveda¹ and later.² But there is no reason to imagine that the islands referred to were other than sandbanks in the great rivers, Indus or Ganges.³ Vedic literature knows nothing of the system of geography according to which the earth consists of four, seven, or thirteen Dvīpas grouped round Mount Meru.