[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) › c7.2575 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2575 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2575 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2575) In 'Meghadūta' Kālidāsa mentions about the cleavage in the mountain Krauñca. In Mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 225, Stanza 33, mention is made that through this cleavage swans and vultures fly to Mahāmeru. (For the story of how Paraśurāma cleft the Krauñca mountain see under Paraśurāma). - [Previous: c7.2574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2574) - [Next: c7.2576](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2576) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Meghadūta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2575) · Pramāṇa