Re: [INDOLOGY] jambudvīpa

[Buchta, David]

Hi Patrick,

I'd suggest looking at Michael Meister's paper on the Jambū, available here:
https://www.academia.edu/784039/Exploring_Kafirkot_When_is_a_Rose_Apple_not_a_Rose

Therein (p. 110) he writes, "The earliest references to Jambūdvipa
surviving are probably those in Aśoka's inscriptions (Thapar 1973: 68,
199), 6 and certainly it is early Buddhism that makes much of this
continent's singular significance (Malalasekera 1937-38: 941)"

I hope this helps.

Best,
David
--
David Buchta
Lecturer in Sanskrit
Department of Classics
Brown University

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Olivelle, J P <jpo at austin.utexas.edu>
wrote:

> I got a query from a scholar not on the list regarding the term jambudvīpa
> for the Indian subcontinent. When is it first attested in the literature,
> Sanskrit or Prakrit? If anyone has an answer, she would be grateful. With
> best wishes,
>
> Patrick
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