The Geography of the Puranas c15.9
The Geography of the Purāṇas c15.9
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²⁸ Nowhere is the name Ṛṣabha connected with Śakadvīpa and the milk ocean, but Mbh. 5, 112.22 and 5, 113.1 locate a Mt. Ṛṣabha in the east (5, 112.1-2), across the ocean. In Mbh. and the Purāṇas it is the name of a mountain in India and of a mountain north of Meru; cf. Wilson, The Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.117.141 note. Vāyu, 49.11, locates Mt. Ṛṣabha in Plakṣadvīpa; Rāmāyaṇa, 4.41.40, and Harivaṃśa, 220 (2.371), locate it in the south. In Kathāsaritsāgara, 54.16, Vṛṣabha is the name of a mountain in Narikeladvīpa located by the Bṛhatsaṃhitā in the south-east).
Linked texts (5)
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit
- Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit