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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Mahendra  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: In the east, beyond the Kaliṅgas, near the sea coast 1. 207. 5, 1213 (samudratīreṇa); 3. 85. 3; 12. 2. 17, (samudrānte) 19.


B. Description: Holy (puṇya) and auspicious (śiva) 3. 85. 16; excellent mountain, surpassing other mountains (girivara, aty anyān parvatān) 3. 85. 16, (parvatottama) 1. 58. 4; 12. 2. 17; (giriśreṣṭha) 5. 175. 2; (śailendra) 3. 117. 14; one of the mountains called ‘king of mountains’ (parvatarājānaḥ) 14. 43. 5; adorned by ascetics (tāpasair upaśobhitam) 1. 207. 13; having shining Karṇikāra trees on it (śubhakarṇikāravant) 8. 66. 39.


C. Characteristics:

(1) Bhārgava Rāma Jāmadagnya lived on the Mahendra (girivaraḥ…/ mahendro nāma…bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ) 3. 85. 16; (jāmadagnyaniṣevitam) 3. 83. 14; he was there waited upon by seers who knew the Vedas, the Gandharvas and the Apsarases (mahendre…rāmaṁ nityam upāsate/ṛṣayo vedaviduṣo gandharvāpsarasas tathā) 5. 175. 2; 5. 187. 11; (asmin mahendre śailendre vasaty amitavikramaḥ jāmadagnyaḥ) 3. 117. 14, 11; he made it a rule to show himself to the Brāhmaṇas on this mountnin on every fourteenth day of the month 3. 117. 16;

(2) Mahendra listed by Brahman among mountains which are also to be looked upon as possessing the madhyama guṇa, i. e. they were characterised by the quality of rajas ? 14. 43. 5, 1 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 14. 43. 1: madhyamo guṇaḥ rajoguṇapradhānaḥ);

(3) Holy Rāmatīrtha and the Mataṅgakedāra located on it 3. 83. 14; so also the holy Brahmaśālā river flows on it 3. 85. 18.


D. Epic events:

(1) Arjuna, during his exile, saw it when he went beyond the Kaliṅgas and while going further along the seashore 1. 207. 13;

(2) The Brāhmaṇas expressed their wish to visit Mahendra and other mountains in the company of the Pāṇḍavas 3. 91. 10;

(3) After visiting the river Vaitaraṇī, Yudhiṣṭhira went to Mahendra and lived there for a night; he honoured there the ascetics, Bhṛgus, Aṅgirases and others, and expressed his wish to see Rāma Jāmadagnya 3. 114. 26; 3. 115. 1-4; he also honoured the Brāhmaṇas 3. 117. 18; Jāmadagnya appeared before the Pāṇḍavas and was honoured by them (sa tam ānarca rājendraḥ); Yudhiṣṭhira too was honoured by him (pūjitas tena) 3. 117. 16-18;

(4) Hotravāhana advised Ambā to go to Mahendra to see Jāmadagnya 5. 175. 1-2;

(5) Jāmadagnya admitted to Ambā his inability to defeat Bhīṣma and returned to Mahendra 5. 187. 11;

(6) When Droṇa refused to impart Brahmāstra to Karṇa, the latter went to Mahendra to acquire it from Jāmadagnya 12. 2. 14; there Karṇa met many Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas and gods 12. 2. 17.


E. Mythological and past events:

(1) Pitāmaha (Brahman), in bygone days, offered a sacrifice on the mountain Mahendra; the river Bhāgīrathī was in his sadas (yatra bhāgīrathī puṇyā sadasyāsīt) 3. 85. 17;

(2) After extirpating the Kṣatriyas from this earth twenty one times Rāma Jāmadagnya practised austerities on mount Mahendra 1. 58. 4; after performing a sacrifice and giving away the earth to Kaśyapa, Jāmadagnya took his residence on Mahendra 3. 117. 14;

(3) Mārkaṇḍeya saw Mahendra, among other mountains, in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārāyaṇa 3. 187. 3) 3. 186. 104;

(4) King Nahuṣa, after he became the king of heaven, enjoyed himself on Mahendra and at other places in the company of the Apsarases and the Devakanyās 5. 11. 9.


F. Importance: Mahendra heads the list of the seven principal mountains (saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) listed by Saṁjaya 6. 10. 10; finds mention in the Daivata ṚṣiVaṁśa 13. 151. 26, 2.


G. Simile: Karṇa with arrows pierced in his body looked like the Mahendra with trees covering its peaks and valleys (mahīruhair ācitasānukandaro yathā mahendraḥ) 8. 66. 39.


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Mahendra  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: In the east, beyond the Kaliṅgas, near the sea coast 1. 207. 5, 1213 (samudratīreṇa); 3. 85. 3; 12. 2. 17, (samudrānte) 19.


B. Description: Holy (puṇya) and auspicious (śiva) 3. 85. 16; excellent mountain, surpassing other mountains (girivara, aty anyān parvatān) 3. 85. 16, (parvatottama) 1. 58. 4; 12. 2. 17; (giriśreṣṭha) 5. 175. 2; (śailendra) 3. 117. 14; one of the mountains called ‘king of mountains’ (parvatarājānaḥ) 14. 43. 5; adorned by ascetics (tāpasair upaśobhitam) 1. 207. 13; having shining Karṇikāra trees on it (śubhakarṇikāravant) 8. 66. 39.


C. Characteristics:

(1) Bhārgava Rāma Jāmadagnya lived on the Mahendra (girivaraḥ…/ mahendro nāma…bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ) 3. 85. 16; (jāmadagnyaniṣevitam) 3. 83. 14; he was there waited upon by seers who knew the Vedas, the Gandharvas and the Apsarases (mahendre…rāmaṁ nityam upāsate/ṛṣayo vedaviduṣo gandharvāpsarasas tathā) 5. 175. 2; 5. 187. 11; (asmin mahendre śailendre vasaty amitavikramaḥ jāmadagnyaḥ) 3. 117. 14, 11; he made it a rule to show himself to the Brāhmaṇas on this mountnin on every fourteenth day of the month 3. 117. 16;

(2) Mahendra listed by Brahman among mountains which are also to be looked upon as possessing the madhyama guṇa, i. e. they were characterised by the quality of rajas ? 14. 43. 5, 1 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 14. 43. 1: madhyamo guṇaḥ rajoguṇapradhānaḥ);

(3) Holy Rāmatīrtha and the Mataṅgakedāra located on it 3. 83. 14; so also the holy Brahmaśālā river flows on it 3. 85. 18.


D. Epic events:

(1) Arjuna, during his exile, saw it when he went beyond the Kaliṅgas and while going further along the seashore 1. 207. 13;

(2) The Brāhmaṇas expressed their wish to visit Mahendra and other mountains in the company of the Pāṇḍavas 3. 91. 10;

(3) After visiting the river Vaitaraṇī, Yudhiṣṭhira went to Mahendra and lived there for a night; he honoured there the ascetics, Bhṛgus, Aṅgirases and others, and expressed his wish to see Rāma Jāmadagnya 3. 114. 26; 3. 115. 1-4; he also honoured the Brāhmaṇas 3. 117. 18; Jāmadagnya appeared before the Pāṇḍavas and was honoured by them (sa tam ānarca rājendraḥ); Yudhiṣṭhira too was honoured by him (pūjitas tena) 3. 117. 16-18;

(4) Hotravāhana advised Ambā to go to Mahendra to see Jāmadagnya 5. 175. 1-2;

(5) Jāmadagnya admitted to Ambā his inability to defeat Bhīṣma and returned to Mahendra 5. 187. 11;

(6) When Droṇa refused to impart Brahmāstra to Karṇa, the latter went to Mahendra to acquire it from Jāmadagnya 12. 2. 14; there Karṇa met many Gandharvas, Rākṣasas, Yakṣas and gods 12. 2. 17.


E. Mythological and past events:

(1) Pitāmaha (Brahman), in bygone days, offered a sacrifice on the mountain Mahendra; the river Bhāgīrathī was in his sadas (yatra bhāgīrathī puṇyā sadasyāsīt) 3. 85. 17;

(2) After extirpating the Kṣatriyas from this earth twenty one times Rāma Jāmadagnya practised austerities on mount Mahendra 1. 58. 4; after performing a sacrifice and giving away the earth to Kaśyapa, Jāmadagnya took his residence on Mahendra 3. 117. 14;

(3) Mārkaṇḍeya saw Mahendra, among other mountains, in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārāyaṇa 3. 187. 3) 3. 186. 104;

(4) King Nahuṣa, after he became the king of heaven, enjoyed himself on Mahendra and at other places in the company of the Apsarases and the Devakanyās 5. 11. 9.


F. Importance: Mahendra heads the list of the seven principal mountains (saptaite kulaparvatāḥ) listed by Saṁjaya 6. 10. 10; finds mention in the Daivata ṚṣiVaṁśa 13. 151. 26, 2.


G. Simile: Karṇa with arrows pierced in his body looked like the Mahendra with trees covering its peaks and valleys (mahīruhair ācitasānukandaro yathā mahendraḥ) 8. 66. 39.


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