[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) › c9.1688 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1688 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1688 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1688](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1688) "There is a golden peak called Saumanasa, with girth of one yojana and a height of ten yojanas. It is said that in days of yore Mahāviṣṇu placed the first of his three steps on this peak the second being on the peak of Meru." Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa. Kiṣkindhā kāṇḍa, Sarga 40). - [Previous: c9.1687](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1687) - [Next: c9.1689](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1689) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.4.40) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1688](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1688) · Pramāṇa