dvIpa
dvīpa ( Pali dīpa, see below; as in Skt. usually m. but sometimes nt. , e.g. Divy 214.25 ; Mv iii.378.2 ; the gender of the names follows that of the word dvīpa in the context; normally they are m. ), one of the 4 continents, which to Buddhists are Jambudvīpa, Pūrvavideha ( Prāgvideha LaVallée Poussin, AbhidhK. iii.145 ), Aparagodānīya ( °ni, °ḍānī- in comp. , °nika ; rarely Avara°, Godānīya , qq.v. ), and Uttarakuru (Kuru alone, AbhidhK l. c. ); see the second and third s.vv. Listed LV 19.15 f. ; 149.19 f. ; the three outer ones cpd. with -lipi LV 126.4 f. ; Mv i.6.2 ; ii.68.6 ; 158.18 ; iii.378.2 ; cf. AbhidhK. l. c. ; [Page275-a] Mvy 3045, 3047, 3050, 3054, 3057 ; Dharmas 120 ; Divy 214.7, 10, 24 ; 215.15, 20 ; MSV i.94.4 f. The Pali forms are Jambudīpa, Pubbavideha, Aparagoyāna (! or v.l. °godhāna), and Uttarakuru.