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TILAKAMANJARI OF DHANAPĀLA
‘अगाधलवणाबिधजलपरिक्षिप्तभानो रनेकसुरपादपच्छन्नटंकच्छि न्नकटकस्य शिखरिणो रत्नकूटस्य ।""
refers to Ratnakūta connected with the Lavaṇābdhi. Ratnakuta has been described by Dhanapāla as a fragment separated from the Meru (Hāṭakagiri) and thrown into the ocean by the lords of the monkey forces at the instance of Rama, Meru is Rudra Himālaya in Garhwal where the Ganges takes its rise. Ratnakuta being a fragment of Meru and falling into the Lavaṇajalarāśi makes the Lavaṇajalarāśi a northern ocean which extended even in the South at certain spots.
“मध्ये लवणसिन्धोरितस्ततः प्रहसितप्रयत्ननयनया रत्नकूटाद्रिपरिसरे ""
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again refers to Ratnakuta connected with Lavaṇasindhu. "प्रारब्धपरिहासयेव लवणजलनिधिवेलया
वीचिहस्तापवर्जिर्तः
सुवेलनामानमचलराजमव्रजम् ।'
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refers to Suvela mountain having its sides struck against by the hands in the form of ripples by the Lavaṇajalanidhi Trikūṭa and Suvela and accessories. The expansion of Lavaṇajalanidhi in the South cannot be overlooked here. Hence the purview taken above makes it clear that Lavaṇābdhi is quite distinct from the Eastern, the Western and the Southern oceans and it can be construed to have an affinity with the Northern or the Fourth ocean.
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Besides these milk ocean has been referred to variantly as
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Kṣīrasāgara, Kṣīrajaladhi', Kṣīroda, Kṣīrasindhu," Dughodadhi," Dugdabdhi, Dugdhasagara, etc. In all these references the mythical legend of churning of the ocean with Mandara forming the churning rod of
11. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 408.
12. Ibid. Vol. I p. 122.
पयोभिरनवरतमाहन्यामानं
114, vol. III p. 137, Sm ed. pp. 373-408, pp. 121, 142.
9. Ibid. Vol. III p. 76, vol. III p. 185, vol. III p. 137.
10. Ibid. Vol. III p.191.
1. TM. Sm. ed. p. 408.
2. Ibid. Vol. II pp. 292-293.
3. Historical Geography of Ancient India by B. C. Law p. 131.
4. TM. Sm. ed. p. 409.
5. Ibid. Vol. II p. 287.
6. Ibid. Vol. III pp. 26, 114, Vol. I p. 141 Vol. I Sm. ed. p. 313, 337, 376.
7. Ibid. Vol. III p. 33, Vol. I p. 150.
8. Ibid. Vol. I p. 73. Sm. ed. p. 421, vol. I p. 111, vol. III p. 189, vol. I p. 154, vol. III p.
