Shvetadvipa, aka: Śvetadvīpa, Śvetadvipa, Shveta-dvipa; 4 Definition(s)
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The Sanskrit terms Śvetadvīpa and Śvetadvipa can be transliterated into English as Svetadvipa or Shvetadvipa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śvetadvīpa (श्वेतद्वीप).—An island. It was on this island that Mahāviṣṇu performed his austere tapas for obtaining "Brahma Vidyā". It is situated on the northern side of the ocean of milk. It is 32,000 miles above Meru mountain. The inhabitants of Śvetadvīpa are without the sense organs. They do not take food They are rich in "Jñāna" (knowledge). Their bodies give out perpetual fragrance. These sinless people are of white complexion. Their bodies and bones are as hard as Vajrāyudha. Their heads are as broad and flat as umbrellas and their voice as loud as thunder. Each of them has four arms and sixty teeth. All of them worship Śiva. (Mahābhārata Śānti Parva, Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Chapter 335).
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopaediaŚvetadvīpa (श्वेतद्वीप).—Sacred to Hari, visited by Nārada.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 4. 18; X. 6. 24; 87. 10; XI. 15. 18.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
śvētadvīpa (श्वेतद्वीप).—m S The white dvīpa, the name of an island or a minor continent of the earth. Supposed by Wilford to be Britain (Albion).
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English DictionaryMarathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit-English dictionary
Śvetadvipa (श्वेतद्विप).—
1) a white elephant.
2) the elephant of Indra.
Derivable forms: śvetadvipaḥ (श्वेतद्विपः).
Śvetadvipa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and dvipa (द्विप). See also (synonyms): śvetagaja.
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Śvetadvīpa (श्वेतद्वीप).—Name of one of the eighteen minor divisions of the known continent; °पतिः (patiḥ) Viṣṇu; श्वेतद्वीपपतिश्चित्तं मनो योगेश्वरोऽवतु (śvetadvīpapatiścittaṃ mano yogeśvaro'vatu) Bhāg.1.6.24; श्वेतद्वीपपतौ चित्तं शुद्धे धर्ममये मयि (śvetadvīpapatau cittaṃ śuddhe dharmamaye mayi) Bhāg.11.15.18.
Derivable forms: śvetadvīpaḥ (श्वेतद्वीपः).
Śvetadvīpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śveta and dvīpa (द्वीप).
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family. Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - Antiquity of the Pañcarātra < [Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra]
Part 2 - The Position of the Pañcarātra Literature < [Chapter XVI - The Pañcarātra]
Part 7 - Vanamālī Miśra < [Chapter XXI - The Nimbārka School of Philosophy]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter CXXI - The Caturmasyam Vratam < [Brihaspati (Nitisara) Samhita]
Chapter II - Sources of the Garuda Puranam < [Agastya Samhita]
Chapter CCXIX - The prophylactic charm of Vaishnava Kavacham < [Dhanvantari Samhita]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 29 - On the anecdote of Sāvitrī, on gifts and on the effects of Karmas < [Book 9]
Chapter 28 - On Nārada’s getting the feminine form < [Book 6]
Chapter 3 - On the origin of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and others < [Book 9]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (by Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.7.94-95 < [Chapter 7 - Jagad-ānanda: The Bliss of the Worlds]
Verse 1.2.42 < [Chapter 2 - Divya: In Heaven]
Verse 1.2.27 < [Chapter 2 - Divya: In Heaven]
Parama Samhita (English translation) (by Krishnaswami Aiyangar)
Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.3.48 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhāva)]