ORIENTAL SERIES.

102 DWIPAEKA-CHAKRA.
DWtPA. An insular continent. The Dwipas
stretch out
from the mountain Meru as their common centre, like the leaves
t
of a lotus, and are separated from each other by distinct circum-
ambient oceans. They are generally given as seven in number:
i. Jambu, 2. Plaksha or Go-medaka, 3. almala, 4. Kusa, 5.
and the seas which surround
Krauncha, 6. Saka, 7. Pushkara;
them are i. Lavawa, salt water; 2. Ikshu, sugar-cane juice;
3. Sura, wine ; 4. Sarpis or Glmta, clarified butter; 5. Dadhi,
curds; 6. Dugdha or Kshira, milk; 7. Jala, fresh water. In
the Maha-bharata four Dwipas are named: i. Bhadraswa, 2.
Ketu-mala, 3. Jambu-dwipa, 4. Uttara Kuru. Jambu-dwipa
has nine varshas or subdivisions: i. Bharata, 2. Kim-purusha,
Kin-nara, 3. Hari-varsha, 4, Ha-vnta, which contains Meru;
5. Ramyaka, 6. HiraTZ-maya, 7. Uttara Kuru, 8. Bhadraswa, 9.
Ketu-mala. According to the Vishnu Pura^a, Bharata-varsha 01
India is divided into nine Dwipas or portions: i. Indra-dwipa,
2. Kaserumat, 3. Tamra-varwa, 4. Gabhastimat, 5. Naga-dwipa,
6. Saumya, 7. Gandharva, 8. Vanma; 9. is generally left without
a name in the books, but Bhaskara Acharya calls it Kumaraka.
DWIVIDA. i. An Asura in the form of a great ape, who
was an implacable foe of the gods. He stole Bala-rama's ploughshare
weapon and derided him. This was the beginning of a
terrific fight, in which Dwivida was felled to the earth, and
" the crest of the mountain on which he fell was splintered into
a hundred pieces by the weight of his body, as if the Thunderer
had shivered it with his thunderbolt." 2. A monkey ally of Rama.
DYATJS. The sky, heaven. In the Yedas he is a masculine
deity, and is called occasionally Dyaus-pitn, '
heavenly father/
the earth being regarded as the mother. He is father of Ushas,
the dawn. Of. Ztvg, Deus, Jovis, Ju-piter. Dyava-pnthivl,
'heaven and earth/ are represented as the universal parents,
not only of men but of gods; but in other places they are
spoken of as having been themselves created; and then, again,
there are speculations as to their origin and priority. In one
hymn it is asked, "Which of these two was the first and
which the last? How have they been produced? Who
knows?" The /Satapatha Brahmana declares in favour of the
earth, saying, " This earth is the first of created beings,"
EEA.-CHAKRA. A city in the country of the Kichakas,
where, by advice of Yyasa, the Parafovas dwelt for a time during