[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.18 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.18 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.18 - **Language:** English ### [c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.18) ¹² is mountain is the same as the Himalaya mountain and is known in Pali as Himava, Himācala and Himavanta It is one of the seven mountain-ranges that surround Gandhamādana Seven great Himalayan lakes are also mentioned in Pali literature, Anottata being the first Anottata, like the Padma lake of the Jains, is a lotus lake with four outlets on its four sides and is identified with Bindusāra in the Mahābhārata and Mānasa sarovara of popular fame (Law, op cit, pp 5, 10, 12) - [Previous: c19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.17) - [Next: c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.19) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.18) · Pramāṇa