cAturdvIpa
cāturdvīpa , also semi- MIndic cātudvīpa , ( 1 ) adj. (= Pali cātuddīpa; from catur-dvīpa plus -a), (ruler) of the earth consisting of four continents , ep. of a cakravartin: Mv i.49.2 ; 52.8 ; 108.7 ; 114.13 ; 193.14 ; 220.2 = ii.22.3 ; ii.158.14 ; iii.102.15 ; ep. of rājya, rulership : Mv i.95.2, 4 ; ( 2 ) adj. and subst. , consisting of the four continents , ep. of the earth: °pāṃ mahīṃ Mv i.208.4 (corrupt in mss. ) = ii.12.13 ; as subst. , gender uncertain ( f. would be expected, recorded forms ambiguous): daśacātudvīpanayutānāṃ … madhyama cātudvīpa, the midmost world of ten nayutas of worlds , Gv 254.6—7 ( vss ; final short a perhaps m.c. for ā ?); cāturdvīpeśvaro, lord of the whole world, Dbh.g. 53(79).2 (as subst. , without other noun; cf. caturdvī° ).