[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s3.2 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.2 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.2) Ḍâkinî—Bhîma-śaṅkara at the source of the Bhîmâ, north-west of Poona (Dr. Oppert's \*On the Original Inhabitants of Bhâratavarsha or India\*, p. 379; Fergusson's \*Cave Temples of India\*, p. 367). The temple of Mahâdeva Bhîmaśaṅkara is a celebrated place of pilgrimage, and the god is one of the twelve Great Liṅgas of Mahâdeva (\*Śiva P.\*, Pt. I, chs. 38, 40; Fergusson's \*Cave Temples of India\*, p. 367). In the \*Śiva Purâṇa\* Ḍâkinî is said to be situated on the Western Ghats (Sahyâdri). \*See Amareśvara\*. - [Previous: c5.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.1) - [Next: c5.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.3) - [Up: c5.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s3.2) · Pramāṇa