[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geography of the Puranas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966) › c8.63 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.63 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.63 - **Language:** English ### [c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.63) ‘Cold and fresh’ water from the springs of the Kailāsa mountain flows into a lake (name not given) from which issues the R. Mandākinī, around which stands the picturesque ‘Nandan forest of vast dimensions’. The R. Mandākinī probably refers to the river Umā and the Zhong Chhu, which flow through Gaurī Kuṇḍa (lying on the eastern flank of Mount Kailāsa) into the Rākṣasa Tal (the twin lake of Mānasarovar). - [Previous: c8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.62) - [Next: c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.64) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.63) · Pramāṇa