ततोऽपि द्विगुणाकारं धारयन्त्योपवेष्टिताम् । नानाजनालङ्कृतया कुशाख्यद्वीपलेखया ॥ १७ ॥
tatō’pi dviguṇākāraṁ dhārayantyōpavēṣṭitām | nānājanālaṅkṛtayā kuśākhyadvīpalēkhayā || 17 ||
Translation
surrounded by the line of the island called Kuśa, adorned with many peoples, which bears a form twice that again;
Word by word
- tatō
- (tataḥ) that
- api
- again
- dviguṇa
- twice
- ākāraṁ
- a form
- dhārayantyā
- which bears
- upavēṣṭitām
- surrounded
- nānā
- many
- jana
- with peoples
- alaṅkṛtayā
- adorned
- kuśa
- Kuśa
- ākhya
- called
- dvīpa
- of the island
- lēkhayā
- by the line
Meaning
Kuśadvīpa, named after the sacred kuśa grass.