Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.568
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.568
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**Cittakuṭa.**—A mountain in Himavā, one of the five ranges round Anotatta. It is composed of all kinds of precious metals.¹ It is famed as the abode of golden swans living in a golden cave (Kañcanaguhā) on the top of the mountain, sometimes as many as ninety thousand in number.² There also the Dhataraṭṭha swans lived.³