[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.126 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.126 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.126 - **Language:** English ### [c7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.126) GAṄGĀMAHĀDVĀRA (M). The particular spot on the Himālayan peak wherefrom Gaṅgā starts. Those who go there die in ice-falls. Only Nara and Nārāyaṇa have crossed this place. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 111, Verse 16). - [Previous: c7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.125) - [Next: c7.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.127) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.126) · Pramāṇa