Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1409

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1409

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c7.1409

JAṬHARA II. A mountain within the ranges of Mahāmeru. On the eastern side of Mahāmeru there exist two mountains called Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa, 18, 000 yojanas in extent and 2000 yojanas high. On the western side of Meru are the mountains called Pavamāna and Pārīyātra, on the southern side Kailāsa and Karavira, and on the northern side Triśṛṅga and Makaragiri. (Devī Bhāgavata, 8th Skandha).

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Devībhāgavatapurāṇa — Sanskrit