[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.9041 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9041 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9041 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9041](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9041) 851.—“Between this Sea (of Horkand) and the Sea called \*Lāravī\* there is a great number of isles; their number, indeed, it is said, amounts to 1,900; . . . the distance from island to island is 2, 3, or 4 parasangs. They are all inhabited, and all produce coco-palms. . . . The last of these islands is \*Serendīb\*, in the Sea of Horkand; it is the chief of all; they give the islands the name of \*Dibajāt\* (\*i.e.\* Dibas).—\*Relation\*, &c., tr. by \*Reinaud\*, i. 4-5. - [Previous: c10.9040](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9040) - [Next: c10.9042](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9042) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9041](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9041) · Pramāṇa