The Geography of the Puranas c8.66

c8.66

The Lohita-Hemasṛṅga (of Vāyu and Sarvoṣadha of Matsya) below which is lake Lohita, from which the river Lauhita rises and which lies opposite Mt. Candraprabha is clearly the Kanglung Kangri (another range of the Kailāsa region to its south-east) from which, according to Swāmī Praṇavānanda* rises the Brahmaputrā (or Chema Yung-drung). This source river first enters a small lake (Lohita of the Purāṇas) and then enters Tamchok Khambah, the headwater of the Brahmaputrā. The Matsya Purāṇa on the other hand most probably refers to Tamulung Tso as the source of the river Lauhita.