The Geography of the Puranas c7.s5.83
The Geography of the Purāṇas c7.s5.83
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c7.s5.83
In the opening sentence the term 'Devakūṭa' should be corrected as Hemakūṭa. The Devakūṭa is a different mountain range which with Jaṭhara has been defined by the authors of the Purāṇas as a double range joining the Niṣadha and Nila on the east of Meru. It has, therefore, nothing to do with the Kailāsa mountain. The great range Hemakūṭa is to the north of and parallel to the Himavān. In the above paragraph Kailāsa is supposed to be located on the 'Central Peak' of Devakūṭa. Obviously Devakūṭa here stands for Hemakūṭa.