Dear Professor Tieken, It would help if we look at the usage of the following words in Old Tamil [I don’t know exactly how old they are] texts:
சம்பு, சம்பாபதி, சம்புத்தீவு, நாவல், நாவலந்தீவு … Thanks and Regards, rajam > On Aug 15, 2021, at 12:36 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear list members, > in a contribution by Gokul Sashadri in Kulke et al, Nagapattinam to > Suvarnadwipa. Delhi: Manohar, p. 107, I came across a reference to Jambudvīpa > in a late (seventeenth century) Pāli text, namely the Gandhavaṃsa, in which > Jambudvīpa would be used to refer to peninsular India. I am interested to > know if this interpretation is correct for the Gandhavaṃsa and if we have to > do with an old (how old?) use of the word. > With kind regards, Herman > > > Stationsweg 58 > 2515 BP Den Haag > The Netherlands > 00 31 (0)70 2208127 > website: hermantieken.com <http://hermantieken.com/> > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology>
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