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द्वीपिक (dvIpika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
1 dvīpika, m., a certain insect: °kaḥ Mvy 〔4918〕 = Tib. sril (silkworm) or mug pa (moth, acc. to Jä. also worm). Seems likely to be related to Deśīn. 〔5.53〕 dīviā, glossed upadehikā (Skt. Lex., said to be = Skt. upadīkā, a kind of ant).
2 -dvīpika, ifc. adj., in pratyantadvīpikānāṃ (brāhmaṇānāṃ) Suv 〔14.4〕 (prose), belonging to the (outlying) continents.