Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.875

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.875

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1) Origin of the name. Sālagrāma is the kind of ammonite, used for making the image of Viṣṇu. Mahāviṣṇu is known by the name Sālagrāma also. This name originated from the name Sālagrāma, which is the name of the place from where the river Gaṇḍakī, which flows through Nepal, starts. This Sālagrāma is considered to be a holy place. Mahāviṣṇu and other gods always dwell in this place. Sālagrāma is the name of Viṣṇu who dwells in Sālagrāma. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Stanzas 123 to 125).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit