[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) › c8.89 # The Geography of the Puranas c8.89 The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.89 - **Language:** English ### [c8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.89) | Mountain | Lake | Rivers issuing from it | Other details | Variations in Matsya Purāṇa | | Hemaśṛṅga | L. Sayaṇā (back of Hemakūṭa) | R. Manaswinī R. Jyotiṣmatī | Both enter the Western Sea | Lake Nāga or Lake of Snakes in places of Sayaṇā. R. Saraswatī in place of River Manaswinī | | Niṣadha | L. Viṣṇupada | R. Gandharvī & R. Nāṅwalī | | Both lakes, a favourable resort of the Gandharvas. River Gandharvī not mentioned | | Meru | L. Candraprabhā (beyond Meru) | R. Jambū | Pious river gold bed | The source of the lake is in Meru | | Nīla | L. Puṇḍarīkā L. Payodā | R. Puṇḍarīkā R. Payodā | Lotus-like lake | One of the twin lakes Payodā and Puṇḍarīkā is called Uttara Mānasī. River Mṛgākāntā and R. Mṛgākāntā issue from them. | | Sweta | L. Uttaramānasa L. Madhuwatsarovara | R. Jyotsnā R. Mṛgākāntā | Pious lake Honey-like Kalpa trees, also known as Rudrakānta | Neither the position of these lakes nor their significance mentioned | | Kuru country | L. Rudra L. Jaya 12 more lakes | R. Śāntā R. Mādhavī | | 12 lakes under the name Vaijayā full of lotuses. R. Śāntā and R. Mādhavī flow from them | - [Previous: c8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.88) - [Next: c8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.90) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.ali-1966.c8.89) · Pramāṇa