Word

Kusadvipa

Sanskrit

कुशद्वीप

IAST

kuśadvīpa

In General

According to Puranic cosmology the world consists of 7 large islands (or continents). Kusaadvipa is one of them; it is surrounded by the sea of ghee

In Kusa island, all type of people like Daityas, Danavas, Men, Devas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras and Kimpurusas live in peace. There are four castes of people there called Damis, Susmis, Snehas and Mandehas, all of them leading righteous lives. There are six mountains there called Vidruma, Hemasaila, Dyutiman, Puspavan, Kusesaya and Harimandira. There are also seven rivers there called Dhutapapa, Siva, Pavitra, Sammati, Vidyut, Ambha and Mahi.

Purana

Once Priyamvrata, son of Syumbhuvamanu intended to give more light to earth started a Yajna by which he moved round the Earth seven times in his chariot which is as shining as Sun. During these travels the wheels of the chariot made seven furrows on the earth. These furrows became the seven seas and the beds between the furrows became seven islands. Priyavrata distributed seven islands thus formed by his furrow to seven of his sons as follows : Jambudvipa to Agnidhra ; Plaksadvipa to Medhatithi; Salmalidvipa to Vapusman; Kusadvipa to Jyotisman; Krauncadvipa to Dyutiman ; Sakadvipa to Bhavya ; and Puskaradvipa to Savana.