मैनाक

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

मैनाकः, पुं, (मेनकाया अपत्यं पुमान् । मेनकायां भव इति वा । मेनका + अण् । पृषोदरादित्वात् साधुः ।) पर्व्वतविशेषः । तत्पर्य्यायः । हिरण्य- नाभः २ सुनाभः ३ हिमवत्सुतः ४ । इति जटा- धरः ॥ स तु हिमालयस्य ज्येष्ठपुत्त्रः । यथा, -- “ततो भगवती प्राह मेनकां मुनिसन्निभाम् । स्मितपूर्ब्बं तदा तस्याः पूरयन्ती मनोरथम् ॥ श्रीदेव्युवाच । शतं पुत्त्राः संभवन्तु भवत्या वीर्य्यसंयुताः । तत्रैको बलवान् मुख्यः प्रथमं संभविष्यति ॥ एवमुक्त्वा जगद्धात्री तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । मेनका च मुदं लब्ध्वा स्वस्थानं प्रविवेश ह ॥ ततः काले तु संप्राप्ते मैनाकमचलोत्तमम् । पक्षेण सह योऽद्यापि सिन्धुमध्ये प्रवर्त्तते ॥ मेनका सुषुवे देवी देवेन्द्रं स्पर्द्धया गतम् । अन्यानूनशतं पुत्त्रान् क्रमात् सा सुषुवे च ह ॥” इति कालिकापुराणे ४० अध्यायः ॥ (दानवविशेषः । इति हरिवंशे भविष्यपर्व्वणि । २३२ । ३ ॥

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

मैनाक¦ m. (-कः) A mountain, or rock in the sea between the southern end of the Peninsula, and Lanka
4. E. मेनका the wife of Hima4laya, अण् aff. of descent, being in mythology her son.

Apte

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

मैनाकः [mainākḥ], [मेनकायां भवः अण्] N. of a mountain, son of Himālaya and Menā, who alone retained his wings (when Indra clipped those of other mountains) on account of his friendship with the ocean; cf. Ku.1.2; चिरं जलनिधौ मग्नो मैनाक इव मार्दवम् Bv. -Comp. -स्वसृ f. epithet of Pārvatī.

Monier-Williams

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

मैनाक m. (fr. मेना)N. of a mountain (son of हिम-वत्by मेनाor मेनका, and said to have alone retained his wings when इन्द्रclipped those of the other mountains ; accord. to some this mountain was situated between the southern point of the Indian peninsula and लङ्का) TA1r. ( v.l. मैनाग) AV.Paris3. MBh. etc.

मैनाक m. N. of a दैत्यHariv.

Purana index

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

--(Mt.) in भारतवर्ष; son of हिमवान् and मेना; father of क्रौञ्च hill; sacred for श्राद्ध and to पितृस्; of Indra; famous for medicinal herbs. भा. V. १९. १६; Br. II. १३. ३४-5; १६. २१; III. 9. 3; १०. 7; १३. ७०; M. १३. 7; १२१. ७२; १६२. ३०; वा. ३०. ३२; ४५. ९०; ४७. ७५; ७१. 4; ७२. 5; ७७. ६८. [page२-741+ ३०]

Purana Encyclopedia

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

Maināka^1 : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: To the north-east of Indraprastha (prāgudīcīm agād diśam) 2. 3. 7; to the north of Kailāsa, and close to the Hiraṇyaśṛṅga mountain (uttareṇa tu kailāsaṁ mainākaṁ parvataṁ prati/hiraṇyaśṛṅgo…giriḥ) 2. 3. 8, 2; 6. 7. 40; 3. 145. 39; near the Kailāsa, the Gandhamādana and the Meru mountains (avekṣamāṇaḥ kailāsaṁ mainākaṁ caiva parvatam/gandhamādanapādāṁś ca meruṁ cāpi śiloccayam//) 3. 155. 14; near the Uśīrabīja and the Kālaśaila mountains in the north; from there one could reach the Śveta and the Mandara mountains (uśīrabījaṁ mainākaṁ giriṁ śvetaṁ ca bhārata/samatīto 'si kaunteya kālaśailaṁ ca pārthiva//…śvetaṁ giriṁ pravekṣyāmo mandaraṁ caiva parvatam/) 3. 140. 1, 4; Maināka could be seen from the Naranārāyaṇāśrama at the Visālā Badarī on the Himālaya 3. 145. 10, 16, 39.


B. Description: Immeasurable and unassailable (aprameya, anādhṛṣya) 3. 149. 13; full of many kinds of birds (nānādvijagaṇāyuta) 3. 145. 39; called the king of mountains (parvatarājan) 3. 135. 4; (also see the next section C).


C. Characteristics: As revealed in comparisons: (i) not shakable (nākampayad…mainākam iva parvatam) 6. 45. 19; 7. 46. 15; 7. 74. 28; 7. 99. 2; 6. 43. 64; 6. 88. 23; immovable (na cacāla… maīnāka iva parvataḥ) 9. 18. 43; (ii) huge (mahākāyaḥ…vyadṛśyata maināka iva parvataḥ) 7. 150. 58-59; (iii) Great and irresistible (mahāntam iva mainākam asahyam) 7. 3. 4; (also see the section


G. ).


D. Holiness:

(1) A place in the cave of the Maināka was known as Vinaśana; by ascending the mountain and by reaching this place it was possible to destroy evil fortune that is disgraceful and unspeakable (this explains the name Vinaśana) (etad vinaśanaṁ kukṣau mainākasga…enaṁ parvatarājānam āruhya…ayaśasyām asaṁśabdyām alakṣmīṁ vyapanotsy atha//) 3. 135. 3-4;

(2) One who has observed chastity for a month if he performs the saṁdhyā ceremony after bathing on Maināka he gets the fruit of a Sarvamedha (maināke parvate snātvā tathā saṁdhyām upāsya ca kāmaṁ jitvā ca vai māsam sarvamedhaphalaṁ labhet) 13. 26. 56.


E. Epic events:

(1) Asura Maya went to Maināka to reach the lake Bindusaras on the Hiraṇyaśṛṅga mountain 2. 3. 2, 8;

(2) Lomaśa referred to the holy place Vinaśana on Maināka and advised the Pāṇḍavas to ascend the mountain 3. 135. 3-4;

(3) The Pāṇḍavas had crossed Maināka before entering the Śveta and the Mandara mountains 3. 140. 1, 4;

(4) The Pāṇḍavas could see Maināka from the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa at Badarī 3. 145. 39; Yudhiṣṭhira could see it while on his way northwards to the Śveta mountain from the Nārāyaṇāśrama 3. 155. 14.


F. Past events:

(1) Nārāyaṇa practised severe austerities on Maināka 7. 172. 52;

(2) At the Vinaśana in the cave on Maināka, Aditi, in bygone days, cooked food (for gods) to get a son (aditir yatra putrārthaṁ tad annam apacat purā) 3. 135. 3 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 3. 135. 3: annaṁ brahmaudanam/aditiḥ putrakāmā sādhyebhyo devebhyo brahmaudanam apacad it śruteḥ).


G. Similes: Various heroes compared with Maināka.

(1) For its unshakableness: (i) Śrutakarman, son of Sahadeva, could not he shaken by the arrows of Sudakṣiṇa like Maināka 6. 43. 64; similarly (ii) Abhimanyu 6. 45. 19; 7. 46. 15; (iii) Sātyaki 7. 99. 2; (iv) Kṛṣṇa (by the hit of a gadā) 7. 74. 28; (v) Ghaṭotkaca, seeing the Kaurava army led by their heroes advance against him, did not shake like Maināka 6. 88. 23; (vi) Similarly Bhīma did not move from his chariot seat when attacked by the Kaurava army (na cacāla rathopasthe maināka iva parvataḥ) 9. 18. 43;

(2) For its hugeness: Ghaṭotkaca rising up, assuming a huge form having hundred heads and hundred stomachs (mahākāyaḥ śataśīrṣaḥ śatodaraḥ), looked like Maināka 7. 150. 58-59;

(3) For its hugeness and irresistibility: Bhīṣma lying on his bed of arrows was like the huge and irresistible Maināka felled down (mahāntam iva mainākam asahyaṁ bhuvi pātitam) 7. 3. 4;

(4) Hanūmant was immeasurable and unassailable like Maināka (aprameyam anādhṛṣyam) 3. 149. 13;

(5) Arjuna avoided Droṇa who stood like Maināka 7. 67. 17;

(6) Kirmīra, obstructing the entrance of the Kāmyaka forest stood there like Maināka 3. 12. 15;

(7) All (kings) were inferior to king Maithila (Janaka) as are other mountains to Maināka (sarve rājño maithilasya mainākasyeva parvatāḥ) 3. 134. 5.


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Maināka^2 : m.: Name of a mountain in the west.

Located in the west (pratīcyām) 3. 87. 1; it has holy lakes on it (puṇyahrada) 3. 87. 9.


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Maināka^3 : m.: Name of a mountain in the Krauñcadvīpa.


A. Location: One of the six mountains of the Krauñcadvīpa; it lies beyond the mountain Andhakāra and beyond Maināka lies the mountain Govinda 6. 13. 17-18; the name of the region (deśāṁs tatra pravakṣyāmi 6. 13. 20) related to Maināka is Prāvaraka (?) 6. 13. 21.


B. Extent: The extent of the mountains of the Krauñcadvīpa doubles as one proceeds from the one to the other (paras tu dviguṇas teṣaṁ viṣkambhaḥ) 6. 13. 19.


C. Description: Excellent mountain (parvatottama) 6. 13. 18.


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

Maināka^1 : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: To the north-east of Indraprastha (prāgudīcīm agād diśam) 2. 3. 7; to the north of Kailāsa, and close to the Hiraṇyaśṛṅga mountain (uttareṇa tu kailāsaṁ mainākaṁ parvataṁ prati/hiraṇyaśṛṅgo…giriḥ) 2. 3. 8, 2; 6. 7. 40; 3. 145. 39; near the Kailāsa, the Gandhamādana and the Meru mountains (avekṣamāṇaḥ kailāsaṁ mainākaṁ caiva parvatam/gandhamādanapādāṁś ca meruṁ cāpi śiloccayam//) 3. 155. 14; near the Uśīrabīja and the Kālaśaila mountains in the north; from there one could reach the Śveta and the Mandara mountains (uśīrabījaṁ mainākaṁ giriṁ śvetaṁ ca bhārata/samatīto 'si kaunteya kālaśailaṁ ca pārthiva//…śvetaṁ giriṁ pravekṣyāmo mandaraṁ caiva parvatam/) 3. 140. 1, 4; Maināka could be seen from the Naranārāyaṇāśrama at the Visālā Badarī on the Himālaya 3. 145. 10, 16, 39.


B. Description: Immeasurable and unassailable (aprameya, anādhṛṣya) 3. 149. 13; full of many kinds of birds (nānādvijagaṇāyuta) 3. 145. 39; called the king of mountains (parvatarājan) 3. 135. 4; (also see the next section C).


C. Characteristics: As revealed in comparisons: (i) not shakable (nākampayad…mainākam iva parvatam) 6. 45. 19; 7. 46. 15; 7. 74. 28; 7. 99. 2; 6. 43. 64; 6. 88. 23; immovable (na cacāla… maīnāka iva parvataḥ) 9. 18. 43; (ii) huge (mahākāyaḥ…vyadṛśyata maināka iva parvataḥ) 7. 150. 58-59; (iii) Great and irresistible (mahāntam iva mainākam asahyam) 7. 3. 4; (also see the section


G. ).


D. Holiness:

(1) A place in the cave of the Maināka was known as Vinaśana; by ascending the mountain and by reaching this place it was possible to destroy evil fortune that is disgraceful and unspeakable (this explains the name Vinaśana) (etad vinaśanaṁ kukṣau mainākasga…enaṁ parvatarājānam āruhya…ayaśasyām asaṁśabdyām alakṣmīṁ vyapanotsy atha//) 3. 135. 3-4;

(2) One who has observed chastity for a month if he performs the saṁdhyā ceremony after bathing on Maināka he gets the fruit of a Sarvamedha (maināke parvate snātvā tathā saṁdhyām upāsya ca kāmaṁ jitvā ca vai māsam sarvamedhaphalaṁ labhet) 13. 26. 56.


E. Epic events:

(1) Asura Maya went to Maināka to reach the lake Bindusaras on the Hiraṇyaśṛṅga mountain 2. 3. 2, 8;

(2) Lomaśa referred to the holy place Vinaśana on Maināka and advised the Pāṇḍavas to ascend the mountain 3. 135. 3-4;

(3) The Pāṇḍavas had crossed Maināka before entering the Śveta and the Mandara mountains 3. 140. 1, 4;

(4) The Pāṇḍavas could see Maināka from the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa at Badarī 3. 145. 39; Yudhiṣṭhira could see it while on his way northwards to the Śveta mountain from the Nārāyaṇāśrama 3. 155. 14.


F. Past events:

(1) Nārāyaṇa practised severe austerities on Maināka 7. 172. 52;

(2) At the Vinaśana in the cave on Maināka, Aditi, in bygone days, cooked food (for gods) to get a son (aditir yatra putrārthaṁ tad annam apacat purā) 3. 135. 3 (Nī. on Bom. Ed. 3. 135. 3: annaṁ brahmaudanam/aditiḥ putrakāmā sādhyebhyo devebhyo brahmaudanam apacad it śruteḥ).


G. Similes: Various heroes compared with Maināka.

(1) For its unshakableness: (i) Śrutakarman, son of Sahadeva, could not he shaken by the arrows of Sudakṣiṇa like Maināka 6. 43. 64; similarly (ii) Abhimanyu 6. 45. 19; 7. 46. 15; (iii) Sātyaki 7. 99. 2; (iv) Kṛṣṇa (by the hit of a gadā) 7. 74. 28; (v) Ghaṭotkaca, seeing the Kaurava army led by their heroes advance against him, did not shake like Maināka 6. 88. 23; (vi) Similarly Bhīma did not move from his chariot seat when attacked by the Kaurava army (na cacāla rathopasthe maināka iva parvataḥ) 9. 18. 43;

(2) For its hugeness: Ghaṭotkaca rising up, assuming a huge form having hundred heads and hundred stomachs (mahākāyaḥ śataśīrṣaḥ śatodaraḥ), looked like Maināka 7. 150. 58-59;

(3) For its hugeness and irresistibility: Bhīṣma lying on his bed of arrows was like the huge and irresistible Maināka felled down (mahāntam iva mainākam asahyaṁ bhuvi pātitam) 7. 3. 4;

(4) Hanūmant was immeasurable and unassailable like Maināka (aprameyam anādhṛṣyam) 3. 149. 13;

(5) Arjuna avoided Droṇa who stood like Maināka 7. 67. 17;

(6) Kirmīra, obstructing the entrance of the Kāmyaka forest stood there like Maināka 3. 12. 15;

(7) All (kings) were inferior to king Maithila (Janaka) as are other mountains to Maināka (sarve rājño maithilasya mainākasyeva parvatāḥ) 3. 134. 5.


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Maināka^2 : m.: Name of a mountain in the west.

Located in the west (pratīcyām) 3. 87. 1; it has holy lakes on it (puṇyahrada) 3. 87. 9.


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Maināka^3 : m.: Name of a mountain in the Krauñcadvīpa.


A. Location: One of the six mountains of the Krauñcadvīpa; it lies beyond the mountain Andhakāra and beyond Maināka lies the mountain Govinda 6. 13. 17-18; the name of the region (deśāṁs tatra pravakṣyāmi 6. 13. 20) related to Maināka is Prāvaraka (?) 6. 13. 21.


B. Extent: The extent of the mountains of the Krauñcadvīpa doubles as one proceeds from the one to the other (paras tu dviguṇas teṣaṁ viṣkambhaḥ) 6. 13. 19.


C. Description: Excellent mountain (parvatottama) 6. 13. 18.


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Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

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

Maināka, ‘descendant of Menakā,’ is the name of a mountain among the Himālayas in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka. There is a various reading Maināga.