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"कुलाचलत्रयमिव केसरि महापद्मतिगिच्छभूषितम् ।" with reference to adṛṣṭapāra lake. "अष्टमं कुलाचलं "2 with reference to Meghavāhana ``पल्लवितकल्पपादपलताकुलेषु कुलगिरिनितम्बारामेषु रन्तुमभिललाष ''3
with reference to Madirāvatī's encient state.
“पृथुप्रतापावज्राग्निजनितसकलारातिकुलपर्वतप्रमाथः स्वर्णाथ इव। M
with Saumanasa'and Vidyutprabha among the hills in the interiors of other varṣas other than the Himavatavarṣa and Harivarṣa and the huge mountains numbering sixteen known as Dadhimukhas."
Himalaya also called Sailendra'
(अच्छशिशिरेण शैलेन्द्रमिव हिमद्रवेण )
TILAKAMANJARI OF DHANAPĀLA
by Dhanapala has been referred to as 'Paravatarāja' in Anguttaranikāya and Nagadhiraja by Kālidāsa' and the author of the Kālikāpurāṇa." It stood 5 yojanas in extent. It was adorned with 84000 peaks with 800 rivers following all round. Raghu is said to have ascended this mountain." According to the Markandeya Purāna ( कैलासो हिमवांश्चैव दक्षिणेन महाबलौ ॥
¶ànquam) 12 Himalayan mountain (Himavat) stretched from sea to sea like the string of a bow. Mahābhārata (VI. 4.3) and Kumārasambhava (1.1) support the statement of Markaṇḍeya Purāṇa. Aśvaghosa refers to Himalaya and places the Madhyadeśa between this mountain and the Pāripātra. " (मध्यदेश इव व्यक्तो हिमवत्परिपात्रयोः )
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Dhanapala has mentioned the mountain of snow (tuṣāragiri) having its peaks scraping the clouds or the sky (abhrankaṣāgrasikharah) descending down from the vault of the sky through the currents of the Ganges
1. Ibid. Vol. III p. 74.
2. Ibid. Vol. I p. .69.
3. Ibid. Vol. II p. 181.
4. Ibid. Vol. III p. 176.
5. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 412.
6. Ibid. Vol. I p. 116.
7. Ibid. Vol. III p. 120.
8. I. 152 of HGAI B. C. Law pp. 94-95.
9. Kumārasambhava. I. 1.
10. Ch. 14. 51.
11. Raghuvamsa IV 71.
12. 54. 24 p. 212 edited Manasukha Rai Mor, Calcutta, 1962. 13. Saund. Kavya II verse 62.
