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the gods as well as demons has been alluded to Gods brought out nectar as a result of that. In Mahābhārata, a highly luscious island (Svetadvīpa) has been established as lying to the north of the milk ocean (Kșīrodadhi). Svetadvīpa has been identified by Sir Monier Williams as a sacred place near Kāsi, a white island, a mythical abode of the blessed.
Dr. B.S. Upadhyaya on the evidence of Mahābhārarta," Purāņas, N.L. Dey's dictionary and the works of Kālidāsa has identified Mandara as the hills of the Himālayan range which may lead to the conjecture that the fourth ocean forming the fourth of the division of caturudadhi may be the Kșirasāgara which advancing ahead assumes the shape of Lavaņasāgara also known as Ratnākara.
of the dvīpas and varsas Dhanapāla has mentioned Surarņa dvīpa;' Pus kara dvīpa; Jambu dvīpa;' Pañcasaila dvīpa;" Simhala dvīpa;'' and Nandīśvara dvīpa;" Haimavatavarşa;"2 Harivarşa;'3 Airāvartavars a, 'Bhāratavarāșa."
Suvarṇa dvīpa, as already observed was Sumātrā which had a town named Manipura where in lived a maritime trader named Vaiśravaṇa who bore a son named Tāraka in Vasudattā, who became the close associate of Samaraketu after having come to Rangaśāla, the principal town of the
1. XII. 336.27 Mahābhāratakośa by Rāmakumāra Ray p. 227 Part II. 2. Skt. Eng. Dict. under Svetadvīpa. 3. KKB Pt. I, p. 24. 4. Anuśāsana Parva = 9 Vana Parva 162, 164. 5. Styled as Vaijayanta in Mahabharata śāntiparva 350, p. 729. 6. TM Vol. I p. 85, vol. II p. 274. 7. Ibid. Vol. I p. 103. 8. Ibid. Vol. I p. 103, Vol. III p. 137, Vol. I. p. 116, Sm. ed. p. 407. 9. Ibid. Vol. III p. 184, Vol. II p. 292, Sm. ed. p. 310, Sm ed. p. 343, Sm. ed. p. 382. 10. Ibid. Vol. III pp. 123, 124, vol. III, p. 106, vol. III, p. 51, vol. III, p. 48, Vol. II 248,
250, 226, Vol. III p. 154, vol. II p. 229, Sm. ed. p. 382, Sm. ed. 279, Vol. I p. 93. 11. Ibid. Vol. I p.116, vol. I. p. 154, Sm. ed. p. 421 Sm. ed. p. 411, Sm. ed. p. 409. 12. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 412. 13. Ibid. Sm ed. p. 412. 14. Ibid. Sm ed. p. 21, Sm ed. 412. 15. Ibid. Sm ed. p. 381, vol. III p. 187, Sm. ed. p. 411, 421, 356, 362, 412, 407, Vol. III p.
3, Vol. I p. 94, Vol. III p. 14, 137.
