The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s6.8

c6.s6.8

Kaladi—In Kerala, the birth place of Saṅkarâcharya according to the Śankara vijaya Kalhuâ—The Makula mountain of the Burmese annals of Buddhism, where Buddha passed his sixth year of Buddhahood The Kaluha hill is situated in the district of Hazaribagh, twenty six miles to the south of Buddha Gayâ and sixteen miles to the north of Châtrâ In the Vyaghri Jātaka it is said that Buddha in a former birth resided on the Mount Kulâchala as a hermit, he gave his own body to be devoured by a hungry tigress in order to save her new born cubs (Dr R Mitra’s Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, p 149) It is the Kolihali or Kolichala Parvata of the Vayu Purâṇa which has perhaps been erroneously identified with the Brahmayoni hill of Gayâ