Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.62

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.62

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c7.62

GANDHAMĀDANA I. A monkey, who had been helpful to Śrī Rāma, was the son of Kubera. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, Canto 17, Verse 11). This monkey usually stayed on Mount Gandhamādana. During the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war he led a contingent of monkeys. (Vana Parva, Chapter 283, Verse 5).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit