[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) › c7.732 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.732 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.732 - **Language:** English ### [c7.732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.732) 1) General. The great mountain on the northern borders of India. In the literature and the religious thought of India the Himālayas occupy a position of universal respect and adulation. The Indian belief is that the mountain has got a divine soul. (e. g. it is referred to as "devatātmā" in Kālidāsa's Kumārasambhava). The Himālayas are referred to very often in the Purāṇas and epics. - [Previous: c7.731](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.731) - [Next: c7.733](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.733) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.732) · Pramāṇa