སྐྱབས་དང་གླིང་སྐབས་དང་སྦྱར་

སྐྱབས་དང་གླིང་སྐབས་དང་སྦྱར། (Wyl. skyabs dang gling skabs dang sbyar ) Pron.: kyab dang ling kab dang jar

• Skt. द्वीपः, dvīpa, Pron.: dvipa. From Sanskrit: fr. | + | an island, peninsula, sandbank | a division of the terrestrial world (either 7 [Jambu, Plaksha or Go-medaka, Śālmalī, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka and Pushkara | Bhadrāśva, Ketu-māla, Jambu-dvīpa and Uttarāḥ Kuravaḥ | the latter four + 9, viz. Indra-dvīpa, Kaśerū-mat, Tāmra-varṇa, Gabhasti-mat, Nāga-dvīpa, Saumya, Gāndharva, Varuṇa and Bhārata, which are enumerated | as forming Bhārata-varsha | among which the Upa-dvīpas are said to be included | they are situated round the mountain Meru, and separated from each other by distinct concentric circumambient oceans | place of refuge, shelter, protection or protector | a tiger's skin | cubebs [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW