This Dvipa has two kingdoms.
Saka- Dvipa seven mountains adorned with jewels,
some of which are inhabited by Devas, others by demons.
Kusa- Dvipa has seven kingdoms and innumerable rivers flowing to the sea,
which are then changed by Indira into rain.
The climate of this Dvipa never alters in cold or heat,
so they are not bound to protect themselves against either.
The climate of this Dvipa is so healthy and pleasant that the inhabitants of paradise now
and then visit it on account of the fragrancy of its air.
The inhabitants of the Saka- Dvipa are pious,
long- lived beings, who can dispense with the rule of the kings, since they do not know envy nor ambition.
The eastern islands in this ocean, which are nearer to China than to India, are the
islands of the Zabai called by the Hindus Suvarna- Islands in the Indian and Chinese Seas Dvipa, i. e. the gold islands.
In this Dvipa there is only a single mountain,
called Manasottama, which rises in a round form on the round Dvipa From its top all other Dvipas are visible, for its height is 50,000 yojanas, and the breadth the same.
The sixth, or Gomeda- Dvipa, has two great mountains, the deep- black Sumanas, which encompasses the greatest part of the Dvipa,
6. Gomeda- Dvipa and the Kumuda, of golden colour and very lofty; the latter one contains all the medicines.