[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1181 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1181 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1181 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1181) MEKALA. Name of a mountain from which the Narmadā river is said to rise, and from which it is called Mekalā and Mekala-kanyā, 'daughter of Mekala.' There was a people of this name, who probably lived in the vicinity of this mountain. Their kings were also called Mekalas, and there appears to have been a city Mekalā. - [Previous: c5.1180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1180) - [Next: c5.1182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1182) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1181) · Pramāṇa