The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.38

c5.s1.38

Amarakaṇṭaka—It is a part of the Mikul (Mekala) hills in Gondwana in the territory of Nagpur, in which the river Nerbuda and Sone have got their source (Padma Purāṇa, Svargakhaṇḍa (Ādi), ch. 6; Wilson's Meghdūta or the Cloud Messenger); hence the Nerbuda is, called, in the Amarakosha, the daughter of the Mekala mountain. It is the Āmrakūṭa of Kālidāsa's Meghadūta (1,17). Its sanctity is described in the Skanda Purāṇa (Revā Khaṇḍa, ch. 21). The first fall of the Nerbuda from the Amarakaṇṭaka mountain is called Kapila-dhārā in the Skanda Purāṇa. Kapila is said to be an affluent of the Nerbudda (ch. 21). The Viṣṇu-saṃhitā (ch. 75) recommends Amarakaṇṭaka and a few other places as being very efficacious for the performance of the Śrādh ceremony.