The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s1.89

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Arbuda—Mount Abu in the Aravali range in the Sirohi State of Rajputana. It was the hermitage of Rishi Vasishṭha (*Mbh*., Vana, ch. 82; *Padma P*., Svarga, ch. II). The Rishi is said to have created out of his fire-pit in the mountain a hero named Paramâra to oppose Viśvâmitra while he was carrying away his celebrated cow Kâma-dhenu. Paramâra became the progenitor of the Paramâra clan of Rajputs (*Ep. Ind*., vol. I, p. 224). Mount Abu contains the celebrated shrine of Ambâ Bhavânî. It contains the celebrated Jaina temples dedicated to Ṛishabha Deva and Neminâtha: it is one of the five sacred hills of the Jainas, which are Śatruñjaya, Samet Sikhar, Arbuda, Girnar, Chandragiri (*Ind. Ant*., II, 354). For the names of the twenty-four Tirthankaras, see Śravastî.