Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1263

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1263

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c4.1263

ĀḌIKŪRMA. The mountain of Mandara which was used as a churn-stick to churn the great milky ocean, Kṣīrābdhi went down the ocean. Then Mahāviṣṇu took the shape of a tortoise to lift it up and this first tortoise was called Āḍikūrma. (Śloka 12, Chapter 18, Ādi Parva, M.B.).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit