The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.48

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Trikûṭa—1. A mountain in the south east corner of Ceylon (see *Laukâ*). 2. Trikota, a lofty mountain to the north of the Panjab and south of Kashmir, containing a holy spring, it is the Trikakud of the *Atharva Veda* (Thornton's *Gazetteer*). 3. Trikûṭa was conquered by Raghu (*Raghuvamsa*, IV, v 59). Trikûṭa has been identified with Junnar; it is the Tagara of Ptolemy, which in Sanskrit is Trigiri or Trikûṭa (*Indian Antiquary*, vol VI, p. 75; vol. VII, p. 103; Bhagavanlal Indraji's Early History of Gujarat, p. 57). 4. The Yamunotri mountain (Annandale's Popular Encyclopedia, s.v. Himalaya).