Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4072
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4072
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2) Confrontation with Vāsuki. Once Vāyu and Vāsuki tried to find out who of the two was mightier, in consequence of which, Trikūṭaparvata, a peak of Mount Himālaya, was broken from its bed and thrown into the southern ocean near Laṅkā. Later, the city of Laṅkā was built on this mountain. (For details see under Trikūṭa).