Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3309

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TRIŚRṄGA. A mountain. This stands to the north of Mahāmeru. Mahāmeru spreads over an area of eighteen thousand square miles and is two thousand miles high. It is surrounded by eight other small mountains two on each side. To the east is Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa. Pavamāna and Pāriyātra stand to the west while the south are Kailāsa and Karavīra. On the north are Triśrṅga and Makaragiri. (8th Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata).