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

Śṛṅga, Śṛṅgavant, Śṛṅgin  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: To the south of Śṛṅgin and to the north of Śveta lies the Varṣa called Hairaṇvata 6. 9. 5 (according to 6. 7. 35 Hairaṇyaka); beyond Śṛṅga and to its north and up to the coast of the ocean lies the Varṣa called Airāvata (uttareṇa tu śṛṅgasya samudrānte janādhipa/varṣam airāvataṁ nāma tasmāc chṛṅgavataḥ param) 6. 9. 10; 6. 7. 35.


B. Description: Beset with all kinds of minerals (sarvadhātuvinaddha) 6. 7. 3; Śṛṅgavant is one of the six mountains listed by Saṁjaya which are called mountains of precious stones (ṣaḍ ete ratnaparvatāḥ); all of them stretch toward the east and are merged at both ends in the eastern and western oceans (prāgāyatāḥ…avagāḍhā hy ubhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau) 6. 7. 2; all of them are visited by the Siddhas and Cāraṇas (siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ) 6. 7. 4; the distance between these mountains extends to thousands of yojanas (teṣām antaraviṣkambho yojanāni sahasraśaḥ) 6. 7. 4; (see also the next section).


C. Characteristics:

(1) There are only three peaks on this mountain; one of them is full of jewels, the other is golden and wonderful, and the third is full of all kinds of precious stones and is adorned with palatial mansions (śṛṅgāṇi vai śṛṅgavatas trīṇy eva manujādhipa/ekaṁ maṇimayaṁ tatra tathaikaṁ raukmam adbhutam//sarvaratnamayaṁ caikaṁ bhavanair upaśobhitam) 6. 9. 8-9;

(2) The goddess Śāṇḍilī, who is self-luminous, always lives there (tatra svayaṁprabhā devī nityaṁ vasati śāṇḍilī) 6. 9. 9;

(3) Manes haunt Śṛṅgavant (śṛṅgavāṁs tu mahārāja pitṝṇāṁ pratisaṁcaraḥ) 6. 7. 49.


D. Importance: Finds mention in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 26, 2.


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

Śṛṅga, Śṛṅgavant, Śṛṅgin  : m.: Name of a mountain.


A. Location: To the south of Śṛṅgin and to the north of Śveta lies the Varṣa called Hairaṇvata 6. 9. 5 (according to 6. 7. 35 Hairaṇyaka); beyond Śṛṅga and to its north and up to the coast of the ocean lies the Varṣa called Airāvata (uttareṇa tu śṛṅgasya samudrānte janādhipa/varṣam airāvataṁ nāma tasmāc chṛṅgavataḥ param) 6. 9. 10; 6. 7. 35.


B. Description: Beset with all kinds of minerals (sarvadhātuvinaddha) 6. 7. 3; Śṛṅgavant is one of the six mountains listed by Saṁjaya which are called mountains of precious stones (ṣaḍ ete ratnaparvatāḥ); all of them stretch toward the east and are merged at both ends in the eastern and western oceans (prāgāyatāḥ…avagāḍhā hy ubhayataḥ samudrau pūrvapaścimau) 6. 7. 2; all of them are visited by the Siddhas and Cāraṇas (siddhacāraṇasevitāḥ) 6. 7. 4; the distance between these mountains extends to thousands of yojanas (teṣām antaraviṣkambho yojanāni sahasraśaḥ) 6. 7. 4; (see also the next section).


C. Characteristics:

(1) There are only three peaks on this mountain; one of them is full of jewels, the other is golden and wonderful, and the third is full of all kinds of precious stones and is adorned with palatial mansions (śṛṅgāṇi vai śṛṅgavatas trīṇy eva manujādhipa/ekaṁ maṇimayaṁ tatra tathaikaṁ raukmam adbhutam//sarvaratnamayaṁ caikaṁ bhavanair upaśobhitam) 6. 9. 8-9;

(2) The goddess Śāṇḍilī, who is self-luminous, always lives there (tatra svayaṁprabhā devī nityaṁ vasati śāṇḍilī) 6. 9. 9;

(3) Manes haunt Śṛṅgavant (śṛṅgavāṁs tu mahārāja pitṝṇāṁ pratisaṁcaraḥ) 6. 7. 49.


D. Importance: Finds mention in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-Vaṁśa 13. 151. 26, 2.


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