कुशद्वीप

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

कुशद्वीप/ कुश--द्वीप m. N. of one of the seven large द्वीपs or divisions of the universe MBh. xiii , 673 BhP. MatsyaP.

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Kuśadvīpa : m.: Name of one of the seven Dvīpas of the terrestrial world.


A. Location: They lie to the north (apparently of the Jambudvīpa) (uttareṣu tu kauravya dvīpeṣu) 6. 13. 1.


B. Distinctive features as described by Saṁjaya to Dhṛtarāṣṭra 6. 12. 2:

(1) It has a bunch of Kuśa grass in the middle of the country (kuśadvīpe kuśastambo madhye janapadasya ha) 6. 13. 6;

(2) There are six excellent mountains (parvatottamāḥ) in the Kuśadvīpa viz.:

(1) Sudhāman, full of corals and unassailable (vidrumaiś citaḥ …durdharṣaḥ), (2) Dyutimant, golden (hemaparvataḥ), (3) Kumuda, (4) Puṣpavant, (5) Kuśeśaya, and (6) Hari; the distance between these mountains doubles as one goes from one mountain to the other (teṣām antaraviṣkambho dviguṇaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ) 6. 13. 9-11.


C. Characteristics common to all the seven Dvīpas:

(1) All Dvīpas are progressively double the size of the Dvīpa preceding it (as one proceeds towards the north ?) and they are all surrounded by mountains on all sides (paraspareṇa dviguṇāḥ sarve dvīpā narādhipa/ sarvataś ca mahārāja parvataiḥ parivāritāḥ//) 6. 13. 3;

(2) All Dvīpas receive different kinds of jewels from Jambudvīpa (jambudvīpāt pravartante ratnāni vividhāny uta/dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu) 6. 13. 26;

(3) The state of health and the duration of life progressively doubles in these Dvīpas owing to brahmacarya, truth, and self-control of the Brāhmaṇas (viprāṇāṁ brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca/ārogyāyuḥpramāṇābhyāṁ dviguṇaṁ dviguṇaṁ tataḥ) 6. 13. 27;

(4) In these islands there is only one Janapada and even if in some there are many Janapadas there is only one dharma in all of them (eko janapado rājan dvīpeṣv eteṣu bhārata/uktā janapadā yeṣu dharmaś caikaḥ pradṛśyate//) 6. 13. 28;

(5) Prajāpati himself, raising his daṇḍa, protects the people of these Dvīpas, both dull and learned; he is their king, is kind to them, their father, and their grand-father (īśvaro daṇḍam udyamya svayam eva prajāpatiḥ/dvīpān etān mahārāja rakṣaṁs tiṣṭhati nityadā//sa rājā sa śivo…sa pitā sa pitāmahaḥ/gopāyati naraśreṣṭha prajāḥ sajadapaṇḍitāḥ//) 6. 13. 29-30;

(3) People eat food received ready for use (bhojanaṁ cātra kauravya prajāḥ svayam upasthitam/siddham eva mahārāja bhuñjate tatra nityadā//) 6. 13. 31.


D. Epic event: Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya to describe to him the different Dvīpas including the Kuśadvīpa 6. 12. 2.


E. Past event: Upamanyu told Kṛṣṇa that the rulership of Kuśadvīpa was given to Vidyutprabha (Dānava) by the Unborn god (Śiva) (kuśadvīpaṁ ca sa dadau rājyena bhagavān ajaḥ) 13. 14. 57.


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Mahabharata Cultural Index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Kuśadvīpa : m.: Name of one of the seven Dvīpas of the terrestrial world.


A. Location: They lie to the north (apparently of the Jambudvīpa) (uttareṣu tu kauravya dvīpeṣu) 6. 13. 1.


B. Distinctive features as described by Saṁjaya to Dhṛtarāṣṭra 6. 12. 2:

(1) It has a bunch of Kuśa grass in the middle of the country (kuśadvīpe kuśastambo madhye janapadasya ha) 6. 13. 6;

(2) There are six excellent mountains (parvatottamāḥ) in the Kuśadvīpa viz.:

(1) Sudhāman, full of corals and unassailable (vidrumaiś citaḥ …durdharṣaḥ), (2) Dyutimant, golden (hemaparvataḥ), (3) Kumuda, (4) Puṣpavant, (5) Kuśeśaya, and (6) Hari; the distance between these mountains doubles as one goes from one mountain to the other (teṣām antaraviṣkambho dviguṇaḥ pravibhāgaśaḥ) 6. 13. 9-11.


C. Characteristics common to all the seven Dvīpas:

(1) All Dvīpas are progressively double the size of the Dvīpa preceding it (as one proceeds towards the north ?) and they are all surrounded by mountains on all sides (paraspareṇa dviguṇāḥ sarve dvīpā narādhipa/ sarvataś ca mahārāja parvataiḥ parivāritāḥ//) 6. 13. 3;

(2) All Dvīpas receive different kinds of jewels from Jambudvīpa (jambudvīpāt pravartante ratnāni vividhāny uta/dvīpeṣu teṣu sarveṣu) 6. 13. 26;

(3) The state of health and the duration of life progressively doubles in these Dvīpas owing to brahmacarya, truth, and self-control of the Brāhmaṇas (viprāṇāṁ brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca/ārogyāyuḥpramāṇābhyāṁ dviguṇaṁ dviguṇaṁ tataḥ) 6. 13. 27;

(4) In these islands there is only one Janapada and even if in some there are many Janapadas there is only one dharma in all of them (eko janapado rājan dvīpeṣv eteṣu bhārata/uktā janapadā yeṣu dharmaś caikaḥ pradṛśyate//) 6. 13. 28;

(5) Prajāpati himself, raising his daṇḍa, protects the people of these Dvīpas, both dull and learned; he is their king, is kind to them, their father, and their grand-father (īśvaro daṇḍam udyamya svayam eva prajāpatiḥ/dvīpān etān mahārāja rakṣaṁs tiṣṭhati nityadā//sa rājā sa śivo…sa pitā sa pitāmahaḥ/gopāyati naraśreṣṭha prajāḥ sajadapaṇḍitāḥ//) 6. 13. 29-30;

(3) People eat food received ready for use (bhojanaṁ cātra kauravya prajāḥ svayam upasthitam/siddham eva mahārāja bhuñjate tatra nityadā//) 6. 13. 31.


D. Epic event: Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Saṁjaya to describe to him the different Dvīpas including the Kuśadvīpa 6. 12. 2.


E. Past event: Upamanyu told Kṛṣṇa that the rulership of Kuśadvīpa was given to Vidyutprabha (Dānava) by the Unborn god (Śiva) (kuśadvīpaṁ ca sa dadau rājyena bhagavān ajaḥ) 13. 14. 57.


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*1st word in left half of page p699_mci (+offset) in original book.