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8. And anywhere on the bank of the Narmada (Nerbudda) river;
9. And on the bank of the Yamuna (Jumna); 10. And, particularly, on the Ganga; 11. And at Kusâvarta;
12. And at Binduka; 13. And upon the Nilgiri hills; 14. And at Kanakhala; 15. And at Kubgâmra; 16. And on the Bhrigutunga (mountain); 17. And at Kedâra; 18. And on the Mahalaya (mountain); 19. And on the Nadantika (river); 20. And on the Sugandha (river); 21. And at Sâkambhart; 22. And at Phalgutirtha; 23. And on the
müla in Kasmîr, is meant. See Bühler, Kasmîr Report, p. 12, where a 'Varâha hill' is mentioned as adjacent to that town.
11. This Tîrtha is situated upon the mountain called Tryambaka, where the Godavarî river takes its rise.' (Nand.) Tryambaka is the modern Trimbak (the name of a place of pilgrimage situated near Nasik).
12. Binduka is the name of a Tîrtha in the Dekhan. Bilvaka, as other texts read the MS. on which the two Calcutta editions are based among the number), is the name of another Tîrtha in the Dekhan.' (Nand.)
14. There is one Kanakhala in the Himalayas, and another near Trimbak. (Nand.)
15. There is one plain of that name in Orissa, and another in Haridvâr. (Nand.)
16. This is the name of a sacred mountain near the Amarakantaka range, according to Nand.; in the Himalayas, according to others. See the Petersburg Dictionary.
17. Kedara (the Kedar mountains ?) is in the Himalayas. (Nand.) 18, 19. These two names are not defined by Nand.
20. This is a river in the vicinity of the Saugandhika mountain. (Nand.)
21. Sakambhari is the modern Shâmbar, which lies in the desert of Marudesa, on the salt lake.' (Nand.)
22. Phalgutîrtha is a Tîrtha in Gaya.' (Nand.) 23. Mahậganga, the great Ganga,' is the Alakânandå river
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