Suvarnadvipa
Suvarnabhumi or Suvarnadvipa (Skt. Suvarṇabhūmi or Suvarṇadvīpa) in Sanskrit, Serling (Tib. gser gling) in Tibetan,[1] the ‘Golden Land’ or ‘Golden Isle’ in English is mentioned in various ancient and classical Buddhist texts.[2] None of these provide specific information about its whereabouts. The stories surrounding Suvarnabhumi often involve sea ventures to the legendary land, however their journeys are always interrupted by storms, which leave the travellers with little clarity of their precise final destination. Suvarnabhumi was probably first used by ancient Indian merchants to refer to the coastal area of Southeast Asia from Lower Burma probably as far as Sumatra. Thus it appears that Suvarnabhumi was a ‘generic name’ used to describe an indefinite region, to the east of India.[3] It was home to Atisha's most important teacher, known as Dharmakirti of Suvarnadvipa.