Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3140

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3140

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c7.3140

KUŚADVĪPA. One of the seven islands. Kuśa island is rich in pearls. (Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 13). Jambū, Plakṣa, Śālmalī, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka and Puṣkara are the seven islands (Saptadvīpas). Śālmalī island has double the area of Plakṣa. Each island, in this order, is twice as large as the preceding one. (Devī Bhāgavata, 8th Skandha).

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Devībhāgavatapurāṇa — Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit