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śvetadvīpa ~ śvetadvipa /sweɗəˈdwiːp/ A3920     †[Sanskrit śvetadvīpa `white island, name of a mythical abode of the blessed',1 < śveta, + dvīpa `island; continent, terra firma'2 ]. definitions 1 n. Śvetadvīpa, the abode of the blessed. references śvetadvipa: K.255:2 (A.D. 978, BEFEO, XXXVII:379, APK II:85); K.814A:42 (A.D. 1004, BEFEO, XXXVII:379, APK II:106). śvetadvīpa: K.814A:66 (id.). citations vraḥ kaṃmrateṅ ʼañ śvetadvipa (K.255:1-2), `My Holy High Lord of Śvetadvīpa'. notes 1 Note śvetadvipa, with short i, `a white elephant or Indra's elephant Airāvata', śveta, + dvipa `elephant'. Whether the author of the inscription meant °dvīpa or °dvipa is moot. 2 RD&S, 323b.