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8 Kanakhala is the name of a tīrtha in the neighbourhood of Hardvār (or Haridvāra); it is mentioned in the Mahābhārata, many Purāṇas, and Kālidāsa's Meghadūta (52). See on Kanakhala and Hardvār: S.C. Banerji (1991): 261–262; N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991): 169; E. Brucker (1980): 94, 128–129, 135; W. Crooke (1913a); N. Dey (1979): 74 and 88; District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, II, Saharanpur, 255–257; P.V. Kane IV, 755, 762; K. Klostermaier (1991): 110–111; B.C. Law (1984): 81; M.A. Mehendale (1996): 304; J. Mitchiner (1982): 90–91; MW; PW; S. Saxena (1995): 619–620; S. Sörensen (1963); Vettam Mani 383–384; H.H. Wilson (1984): II, 358–359. Gaṅgādvāra, i.e., Hardvār, is referred to in the Kāśyapasamhitā (174) as a place where Kaśyapa instructed Vṛddhajīvaka. Other tīrthas, also called Kanakhala, are mentioned by S.C. Banerji (1991: 261–262), S. Saxena (1995: 619–620), and U. Thakur (1978: 110).