ततोऽपि द्विगुणं देहं दधत्यावलयाकृतिम् । जगद्भूतलताव्याप्तां शाकाख्यद्वीपलेखया ॥ १५ ॥
tatō’pi dviguṇaṁ dēhaṁ dadhatyāvalayākṛtim | jagadbhūtalatāvyāptāṁ śākākhyadvīpalēkhayā || 15 ||
Translation
pervaded by the line of the island called Śāka, which holds a body twice that again, shaped like a ring, and spread over by the creepers of the beings of the world;
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) that
- api
- again
- dviguṇaṁ
- twice
- dēhaṁ
- a body
- dadhatyā
- which holds
- valaya
- a ring
- ākṛtim
- shaped like
- jagad
- (jagat) of the world
- bhūta
- of the beings
- latā
- by the creepers
- vyāptāṁ
- pervaded
- śāka
- Śāka
- ākhya
- called
- dvīpa
- of the island
- lēkhayā
- by the line
Meaning
The second continent, Śākadvīpa, named after the śāka tree.
