mandara

mandara mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ)

1 Large, bulky.

2 Slow, sluggish, dull, lazy, &c. m. (-raḥ)

1 The mountain Mandara, with which the ocean was churned by the Suras and Asuras, after the deluge, for the purpose of recovering the sacred things lost in it during that period.

2 The Mandara tree, one of the trees of paradise.

3 Svarga or the paradise of the Hindus.

4 A string of pearls, &c.

5 A mirror.

E. madi to please, to be lazy, &c. aran aff.

mandara (raḥ) 1. m. The mountain or tree
Mandara; a string of pearls; a
mirror. a. Bulky; slow, dull.

mandara mandara (cf. manthara, and

vb. mand), I. adj. 1. Slow. 2. Large

II. m. 1. The name of a fabulous

mountain with which the ocean was

churned, MBh. 1, 1112; Kir. 5, 30. 2.

The mandara tree, one of the trees of

paradise. 3. The paradise. 4. A

mirror.

Mandara, as, m., N. of a sacred mountain (the

residence of various deities; it served the gods

and Asuras for a churning-stick at the churning of

the ocean for the recovery of the Amṛta and thir-

teen other precious things lost during the deluge;

Viṣṇu is fabled to have become incarnate in the

form of a Kūrma or tortoise for the purpose of

sustaining this mountain on his back, the serpent

Vāsuki serving as a rope with which to whirl it

round, cf. Mahā-bh. Ādi-p. 1112, &c.); heaven

(= svarga, cf. meru); an ornament of pearls of

eight or sixteen strings; N. of a tree of paradise or

one of the five trees in Indra's heaven (= man-

dāra); a mirror; a kind of metre, four times ¯˘˘;

N. of a son of Hiraṇya-kaśipu (also called Mandāra);

N. of a Brāhman; of a Vidyā-dhara; (as, ā, am),

slow, tardy, sluggish, &c. (= manda, q. v.); large,

bulky; thick, dense, firm; (am), ind. slowly, slug-

gishly. —Mandara-deva, as, m., N. of a king of the

Vidyā-dharas; (ī), f. N. of this king's sister. —Man-

daradevīya, as, ā, am, coming from or belonging

to Mandara-deva. —Mandara-droṇī, f. a valley of

the mountain Mandara. —Mandara-bhramaṇa,

am, n. the whirling round of the mountain Mandara.

—Mandara-vāsinī or mandarāvāsā (°ra-āv°), f.

‘dwelling on Mandara,’ epithet of Durgā. —Man-

dara-hariṇa, as, m. (sometimes written manda-

hāra), N. of one of the eight Upa-dvīpas in Jambu-

dvīpa.

mandara mandara. See col. 2.

mandara, m. Mandara, a sacred mountain.

mandara m. N. of a sacred mountain, a tree in paradise, & sev. men.

mandara mand-ara, m. paradise-tree (one of the
five in Indra's heaven); N. of a sacred mountain
with which the ocean was churned; N.
of a fairy: -deva, m. N. of a prince of the
fairies: ī, f. N. of his sister; -devīya, a.
relating to Mandara-deva.

mandara a mfn. slow, tardy, sluggish (= manda), L.

large, thick, firm (= bahala), L.

mandara m. a pearl chain consisting of 8 or 16 strings, L.

N. of a sacred mountain (the residence of various deities; it served the gods and Asuras for a churning-stick at the churning of the ocean for the recovery of the Amṛta and thirteen other precious things lost during the deluge), MBh.; Kāv. &c.

heaven (= svarga; cf. meru), L.

a mirror, L.

a kind of metre, Col.

N. of a Brāhman, Cat.

of a Vidyā-dhara, Kathās.

of a son of Hiraṇya-kaśipu (B. mandāra)

of a tree of paradise or one of the 5 trees in Indra's heaven (= mandāra), L.

mandara b See col. 2.

mandara

mfn. (-raḥ-rā-raṃ)

1. Large, bulky.

2. Slow, sluggish, dull, lazy, &c.
m. (-raḥ)

1. The mountain Mandara, with which the ocean was
churned by the Suras, and Asuras, after the deluge, for the purpose
of recovering the sacred things lost in it during that period.

2.
The Mandāra tree, one of the five trees of paradise.

3. Swarga or
the paradise of the Hindus.

4. A string of pearls, &c.

5. A mirror.
E. madi to please, to be lazy, &c. aran aff.

mandara a. 1 Slow, tardy, dull. -2 Thick, dense; firm. -3 Large, bulky. -raḥ 1 N. of a mountain (used by the gods and demons as a churning stick when they churned the ocean for nectar); pṛṣatairmandaroddhūtaiḥ kṣīrormaya ivācyutam R.4.27; abhinavajalasundara dhṛtamandara e Gīt.1; śobhaiva mandarakṣubdhakṣubhitāmbhodhivarṇanā Śi.2.107; Ki.5.30. -2 A necklace of pearls (of 8 or 16 strings). -3 Heaven. -4 A mirror. -5 One of the five trees in Indra's paradise; see mandāra. -ram ind. Slowly, sluggishly. -Comp. -āvāsā, -vāsinī Durgā.

mandara mandara a. (manda) gros, massif.

Lent, endormi, paresseux.

— S. m. (mand) rangée de perles, de bijoux, etc.

Miroir.

Le mont Mandara qui servit à baratter la Mer-de-lait d'où sortit l'ambroisie.

L'arbre mandāra;

le paradis.

mandara- m. n. de la montagne du Bengale qui a servi à baratter l'océan pour retrouver les trésors engloutis lors du déluge; n. d'un Vidyādhara.

°deva- m. roi des Vidyādhara; -ī- f. sa soeur.

°hariṇa- m. n. d'un continent.

mandára UJJVAL. zu UṆĀDIS. 3, 131. n. (auch in der neueren Ausg.!) SIDDH. K.249,b,1.

1) m.

a) N. pr. eines heiligen Berges, des Sitzes verschiedener Götter, der bei der Quirlung (vgl. 1. math) des Oceans als Butterstössel diente, H. 1030. an. 3, 587. MED. r. 197. LIA. I, 550. fg. Anh. L. MBH. 1, 7576. 3, 1734. 10824. 11844. 14536. 16873. 5, 289. 353. 3809. 3832. 7, 2848. 2852 (mahā°) . 13, 1434. 7658. HARIV. 2404. 5296. 8261. fgg. 9288. 11448. 12004. 12156. 12417. R. 2, 58, 8. 4, 33, 36. 37, 2 (v. l. mandāra) . 40, 28. 5, 11, 5. 6, 4, 40. 36, 90. SIDDHĀNTAŚIR. 3, 32. BHĀG. P. 5, 16, 12. 17. 7, 3, 2. MĀRK. P. 54, 19. 20. 55, 5. 57, 12. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (II) 54, 16 (wo mandaradroṇyāṃ in einem Thale des M. zu lesen ist). Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,a,34. 70,a,34. 72,a,12. 150,a,12. 153,b,20. PRAB. 105,8. 112,18. HIT. 67,17. BURN. Intr. 430. - MBH. 1, 1112. fgg. manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā 1124. 4, 191. HARIV. 1873. fg. 4603. 7183. fgg. R. 1, 45, 19 (46, 21 GORR.). 5, 24, 26. RAGH. 4, 27. KATHĀS. 1, 16. 19, 105. 46, 220. GĪT. 1, 23. KIR. 5, 30. VP. 75. BHĀG. P. 3, 28, 27. 8, 5, 10. RĀJA-TAR. 8, 2845. 3049. ein Heiligthum der Sonne REINAUD, Mém. sur l'Inde 99. °vāsinī Beiw. der Durgā MBH. 6, 796. mandarāvāsā desgl. H. ś. 54. HARIV. 10246. mandara = svarga Himmel TRIK. 1, 1, 4. H. an. Vgl. meru° .

— b) ein Perlenschmuck von 8 Schnüren H. 660. von 16 Schnüren Cit. beim Schol. zu H. 661.

— c) Paradiesbaum, N. eines der 5 Bäume in Indra's Himmel, = mandāra H. an. MED. PAÑCAR. 3, 7, 38. richtig mandāra 39.

— d) Spiegel ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR.

— e) ein best. Metrum, 4 Mal {Ç} COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 158 (III, 7).

— f) N. pr. eines Sohnes des Hiranyakaśipu MBH. 13, 663. mandāra ed. Bomb.

— g) N. pr. eines Brahmanen Verz. d. Oxf. H. 74,b,25.

— 2) adj.

a) = manda langsam u. s. w.

— b) = bahala dicht, dick H. an. MED.

mandara

1) h) N. pr. eines Vidyādhara KATHĀS. 108, 178. Vgl. mandaradeva .

mandara

— 1) *Adj.

— a) = manda.

— b) = bahala.

— 2) m.

— a) ein Perlenschmuck von 8 oder 16 Schnüren.

— b) Paradiesbaum (einer der 5 Bäume in Indra's Himmel). Vgl. mandāra.

— c) *Spiegel.

— d) ein best. Metrum.

— e) N.pr.

— α) eines Sohnes des Hiraṇyakaśipu. v.l. mandāra.

— β) eines Vidyādhara.

— γ) eines Brahmanen.

— δ) eines heiligen Berges , des Sitzen verschhiedener Götter , der bei der Quirlung des Oceans als Butterstössel diente. Auch personificirt VP. 21,157.

— f) *Himmel. — mandaraṃ droṇyām LA. 54,16 fehlerhaft für mandaradro°.

mandara m. eine Art Perlenschmuck; Paradiesbaum (myth.; B. eines heiligesn Berges.)

mandara n. Haus, Gemach, Palast, Tempel.

mandara *Adj. = bahala, Padyac. II, 49^c.

mandara pu0 madi—aran . samudramanthāne 1 parvatabhede 2 mandāra-
vṛkṣe medi0 3 svarge 4 hārabhede hema0 5 darpaṇe ca śabdara0 .
6 bahule 7 mande ca tri0 medi0 .

Mandara¹, a mountain. § 28 (Amṛtamanthana): I, 18,

1112 (parvatavaraṃ), 1116, 1121, 1124, 1130, 1134, 1143

(the gods made M. their churning staff, when they churned

the ocean in search of amṛta); 19, †1187 (returned to

its own place).—§ 133 (Duṣyanta): I, 68, 2810 (udyamya

M°ṃ dorbhyāṃ vahet savanakānanaṃ, sc. Duṣyanta).—§ 244

(Rājyalābhap.): I, 207, 7576 (gopurair M°opamaiḥ).—

§ 258 (Khāṇḍavadahanap.): I, 227, 8281 (Indra tore

a peak from M. and hurled it against Arjuna).—§ 269

(Vaiśravaṇasabhāv.): II, 10, 412 (present in the palace of

Kubera).—§ 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1858 (Meru-M°yor

madhye Śailodām abhito nadīṃ).—§ 335b (Indralokābhi-

gamanap.): M. is the refuge of heaven-seeking munis; by its

grace brahmans, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas attain to heaven;

there many tīrthas are seen, and there Arjuna had lived

happily; it resounds with notes of Apsarases and the chanting

of the Vedas: III, 42, 1734 (śailarājaṃ, Arjuna came to M.

and praised it).—§ 384 (Agastyop.): III, 101, †8728 (yathā

mahāśailavaraḥ purastāt sa M°o Viṣṇukarād vimuktaḥ).—

§ 418c (Tīrthayātrāp.): On M. lives the Yakṣa Māṇivara

and the Yakṣa king (Yakṣarāṭ) Kubera and 88,000

Gandharvas, and four times as many (caturguṇaḥ) Kimpuruṣas

and Yakṣas surround the Yakṣendra Māṇibhadra: III,

139, 10824 (parvataṃ).—§ 421b (Gandhamādanapr.): M. is

the dwelling-place of the celestial ṛṣis: III, 142, 10900

(parvataṃ).—§ 439 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 163, 11844

(asau sāgaraparyantāṃ bhūmim āvṛtya tiṣṭhati śailarājo,

mahārāja, M°o 'tivirājate), 11873 (evam eṣa—i.e. the moon—

by atikramya Mahāmerum atandritaḥ | bhāvayan sarvabhūtāni

punar gacchati M°ṃ).—§ 459 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188,

12918 (seen by Mārkaṇḍeya in the stomach of Nārāyaṇa);

189, 12959 (catuḥsamudraparyantāṃ Meru-M°bhūṣaṇāṃ,

sc. bhūmiṃ)—§ 505 (Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14536

(iva).—§ 549f (Durgā): IV, 6, 191 (vibhrājase cābaddhena

bhogenevṣa M°ḥ).—§ 555 (Indravijaya): V, 9, 289

(upaviṣṭā M°āgre, sc. the gods); 11α, 353.—§ 564

(Mātalīyop.): V, 102, 3612 (manthānaṃ M°ṃ kṛtvā, all.

to § 28).—§ 565 (Gālavac.): V, 110, 3809 (atra—i.e. in

the west—mūlaṃ Himavato M°ṃ yāti śāśvataṃ); 111, 3832

(in the north).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 3, 104 (Kailāsa-

M°ābhyāṃ).—§ 596 (Pratijñāp.): VII, 80, 2848 (°sya

pradeśāc ca), 2852 (mahā-M°ṃ, seen by Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna

on their way to Śiva's abode).—§ 599c (Vṛtra): VII, 94,

3464 (the abode of Śiva).—§ 603d (Tripura): VII, 202,

9568 (Śiva made M. his bow).—§ 606 (Tripurākhyāna):

VIII, 34, 1473 (parvataḥ, became the akṣa of Śiva's

chariot).—§ 607 (Karṇap.): VIII, 36, 1685 (°stha

ivāṃśumān).—§ 611 (Śalyap.): IX, 11, 584 (? mandarārthe,

C.; nadan Pārtho, B.; PCR. seems to have read mandārārthe,

“for the sake of procuring mandāra flowers”).—§ 731b

(Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19, 1434 (crossed by

Aṣṭāvakra on his way to the north).—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 166α, 7658. Cf. Parvatarājan.

Mandara², v. Mandāra.

Mandara (I) — (Mt.) on one side of Meru; one of Viṣ-

kambhagiris round the Meru; sacred to Śiva; in its valleys

Hiraṇyakaśipu performed austerities; used in churning the

milk ocean; lest it should sink in the sea Hari in the form of

Kūrma supported the mountain; was lifted up with great

difficulty by the Gods and Asuras, who could not carry it to

the ocean, when Hari asked Garuḍa to bear it on his back

to the sea and which he did.¹ Recipient of mango fruits as

large as hill-tops falling from a divine mango tree, 1100 yoja-

nas high (see Aruṇodā).² Here Pṛthu died and was cre-

mated.³ (Also known, Mandaragiri and Mandarācalam).

Bhadrāśva varṣa and Caitraratha park in;⁴ Śiva spent

his honeymoon here with Umā after marrying her; Umā's

delights in the woods.⁵ [Footnote] 1) Br. IV. 9. 51, 56, 60; Bhā. I. 3. 16; III. 28. 27; V. 16. 11;

VII. 3. 2; 7. 2; VIII. 5. 10; 6. 33-9; X. 40. 18; XII. 13. 2; M. 69. 1;

249. 15; 250. 26; 251. 35; Vi. I. 9. 77, 84. [Footnote] 2) Bhā. V. 16. 16. [Footnote] 3) Ib.

IV. 23. 24. [Footnote] 4) M. 83. 20, 31. [Footnote] 5) Ib. 113. 45; 154. 496, 573; 163. 87;

183. 1.

Mandara (II) — a Mt. of Kuśadvīpa, from waters called

mandas;¹ a son of Meru;² on the other side of Gandhamā-

dhana; its mahāvṛkṣa is Keturāṭ.³ [Footnote] 1) Br. II. 13. 36; 19. 56; Vā. 36. 19; 42. 14; 45. 90; 49. 51; 101.

288. [Footnote] 2) Ib. 30. 33. [Footnote] 3) Ib. 35. 16.

Mandara (III) — a Mt. in Bhāratavarṣa.

Br. II. 16. 20; III. 27. 28.

Mandara (IV) — a tīrtha sacred to Kāmacāriṇī.

M. 13. 28; 184. 18.

Mandara (V) — same as Kakudmān.

M. 122. 61.

Mandara (VI) — a palace of 12 floors; three-fourths of

Meru; the toraṇa is 45 hastas.

M. 269. 28, 32, 47.

Mandara (VII) — a Mt. in Malayadvīpa.

Vā. 48. 23.

Mandara (VIII) — a hill on the east of Ilāvṛta.

Vi. II. 2. 18.

Mandara , n. of a yakṣa: Māy 76.

MANDARA I . A tortoise which is a character in the

book Pañcatantra. (See under Pañcatantra).

MANDARA II . A brāhmaṇa who is greatly extolled in

Śivapurāṇa. (See under Ṛṣabha).

Mandara m.: Name of a mountain;

also referred to as Mahāmandara (7. 57.

29).

A. Location: (1) In the north (asyāṃ

diśi … uttarāyāṃ 5. 109. 3.) 5. 109. 9; 13.

20. 28; beyond the Uśīrabīja, the Maināka

and the Śveta mountains 3. 140. 1;

close to the Śvetagiri (śvetaṃ giriṃ

pravekṣyāmo mandaraṃ caiva parvatam)

3. 140. 4; the river Śailodā flows between the

Meru and the Mandara 2. 48. 2; (2)

Mandara covers the entire earth up to the

ocean in the east (prācīṃ diśam … asau

sāgaraparyantāṃ bhūmiṃ āvṛtya tiṣṭhati)

3. 160. 3-4; (3) The root of the Himavant

reaches in the west (cf. 5. 108. 1-2) eternally

up to the Mandara mountain so deep that one

cannot reach its end even after a thousand

years (atra mūlaṃ himavato mandaraṃ yāti

śāśvatam/api varṣasahasreṇa na cāsyānto

'dhigamyate) 5. 108. 9 (Nī. on Bom. Ed.

5. 110. 9: mandaraṃ samudre magnaṃ

etena himavanmūlasya samudrajalasya

cāprameyatvam uktam). B. Descrip-

tion: (1) Excellent mountain (parvata-

vara) 1. 16. 1; (śailavara) 3. 99. 14; (2)

big mountain (mahādri) 1. 16. 19; (mahā-

śaila) 3. 43. 24; 13. 20. 29; (mahāmandara)

7. 57. 29; eleven thousand yojanas high

(above the earth), and established the same

number of yojanas deep below the earth

1. 16. 3; all the gods together could not lift it

1. 16. 4; but king Duḥṣanta was capable of

lifting it with its forest and carry it on his arms

(udyamya mandaraṃ dorbhyāṃ haret sa-

vanakānanam) 1. 62. 11; (3) King of

mountains (parvatarājan) 1. 16. 7; (śaila-

rāja) 3. 43. 21; 3. 160. 4; (adrirāja) 3. 43.

24; (4) Adorned with summits which were

like towering clouds (abhraśikharākārair

giriḥ śṛṅgair alaṃkṛtam) 1. 16. 1; its peaks

were formed of gold and silver (hemarūpya-

mayaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ) 7. 57. 26; (5) Its caves

were attractive (cārukandara) 3. 220. 22;

(6) Full of tīrthas (tīrthavant) 3. 43. 24;

(7) Covered with the network of creepers

(latājālasamāvṛta) 1. 16. 1; (8) Resound-

ing with sounds of many birds (nānāvihaga-

saṃghuṣṭa) 1. 16. 2; (9) Beset with many

tusked animals (nānādaṃṣṭrisamākula)

1. 16. 2 (10) Resorted to by the Kiṃnaras,

the Apsarases, and even by gods 1. 16. 2;

7. 57. 29; (11) Resort of sages (muni-

saṃśraya) 3. 43. 24; (also see the next

section C). C. Characteristics: (1) The

Meru and the Mandara mountains adorn the

earth (merumandarabhūṣaṇāṃ … vasundha-

rām) 3. 187. 10; the sun circles untiringly

round the Meru and returns to the Mandara

(in the east to start his course the next day)

(evam eva parikramya mahāmerum atandri-

taḥ/ … punar gacchati mandaram) 3. 160.

28; (2) Mandara is the place of Śaṅkara

(śaṅkarasthānam); Śaṅkara lives there; un-

less one goes to the Mandara one cannot

see Śiva 7. 69. 55-56; (3) Yakṣa Māṇicara

and Kubera, the king of the Yakṣas, live there;

thousands of Gandharvas, Kiṃpuruṣas and

Yakṣas, having varied forms and equipped

with different weapons, wait upon Māṇibhadra,

the lord of the Yakṣas (yakṣendraṃ … māṇi-

bhadram upāsate) 3. 140. 4-6; in the bowers

of Mandara the Gandharvas sing gāthās

which enchant one's mind and intelligence

(atra mandarakuñjeṣu … /gandharvā gānti

gāthā vai cittabuddhiharāḥ) 5. 107. 9; the

regions of the Mandara resound with songs

of the Kiṃnaras 7. 57. 26; (4) The regions

of the Mandara were illuminated by the

different kinds of herbs and by its gold and

silver peaks (hemarūpyamayaiḥ śṛṅgair

nānauṣadhividīpitān); they were also adorn-

ed by blossoming Mandāra trees 7. 57. 26;

(5) The mountain is one of those which

are looked upon as difficult of access (dur-

gamāḥ parvatāḥ) 3. 140. 8; (6) Mandara

was the place of resort of the pious sages who

longed for heaven; by the grace of the

Mandara, the Brāhmaṇas, the Kṣatriyas, and

the Vaiśyas reach heaven and live there with

gods, free from distress 3. 43. 22, 23; (7)

The mountain had many peaks, bowers, rivers

streams and many holy tīrthas on it (tava

sānūni kuñjāṃś ca nadyaḥ prasravaṇāni

ca/tīrthāni ca supuṇyāni) 3. 43. 25;

(8) Various tribes like the Khaśas, the

Ekāśanājyohas (? ekāśanā jyohāḥ ?), the

Pradaras, the Dīrghaveṇus, the Paśupas, the

Kuṇindas, the Taṅgaṇas and the Parataṅgaṇas

lived there 2. 48. 3. D. Epic events: (1)

At the time of the burning of the Khāṇḍava

forest a huge peak of the Mandara mountain

was uprooted by Indra and hurled, along

with trees on it, at Arjuna 1. 218. 47; (2)

The tribes living along the Śailodā river

flowing between Meru and Mandara brought

tributes of various kinds to Yudhiṣṭhira for

his Rājasūya 2. 48. 2-5; (3) Arjuna, in

the company of Mātali, started from this

mountain for his journey to Indraloka; while

taking leave of the mountain, Arjuna said

that he had lived there happily and had seen

there many peaks, bowers, rivers and holy

tīrthas 3. 43. 21, 24, 25; (4) Lomaśa

pointed out Mandara to Yudhiṣṭhira as they

were about to enter it after crossing the

Uśīrabīja, the Maināka, the Śveta and the

Kālaśaila 3. 140. 1, 4; (5) Arjuna and

Kṛṣṇa saw the mountain Mandara on their

way while they were going to the Kailāsa

7. 57. 26, 29. E. Mythological and past

events: (1) When gods were advised by the

god Nārāyaṇa to churn the great Kalaśodadhi

(1. 15. 11-12), they went to the Mandara

but could not lift it (for using it as a

churning rod) 1. 16. 1, 4; then, at the bidding

of Brahman, the serpent Ananta lifted it for

them 1. 16. 5-7; when gods took it to the

ocean and told it that they wanted to churn the

ocean for amṛta, the ocean asked for a share

in it as it would bear the pounding by the

Mandara 1. 16. 8-9; gods then requested

Akūpāra, the king of tortoises, to offer

support to the mountain; it agreed and then

Indra fixed the top of the mountain on the

tortoise with some mechanism (tasya śailasya

cāgraṃ vai yantreṇedro 'bhyapīḍayat); gods

then started churning the ocean using Man-

dara as the churning rod 1. 16. 10-12; from

the top of the mountain showers of flowers

fell on gods and demons and there arose

a loud noise as the ocean was being churned;

the great mountain crushed many acquatic

creatures and they perished by hundreds; the

mountain destroyed many creatures belonging

to Varuṇa who lived in Pātāla; huge trees, as

they rubbed against each, other, fell down,

together with the birds on them, from the top

of the mountain when the ocean was being

churned; fire which arose due to the rubbing

of the trees engulfed the Mandara mountain;

the fire burnt elephants, lions and other

creatures (on the mountain) 1. 16. 17-23;

when gods were tired, Viṣṇu gave them

strength and exhorted them to agitate the

Kalaśa ocean by rotating Mandara 1. 16. 31;

when at the end gods got victory over demons

they honoured the mountain and replaced it

on its original site 1. 17. 29; the water of

the ocean which was churned by gods and

demons using Mandara as a churning rod

was mixed with the milk of four cows, the

daughters of Surabhi, who guarded the four

directions (āsāṃ tu payasā miśraṃ payo

nirmathya sāgare) 5. 100. 11, (1, 7);

(2) When gods, led by Indra, were defeated

by Vṛtra they sat down on the top of the

mountain Mandara and prayed to Viṣṇu;

thereupon Viṣṇu showed them the way

5. 9. 52, (5. 10. 6-13); (3) In another

version, Viṣṇu advised gods, Indra and the

rest, to go to Mandara to see Śiva; only

then they would be able to kill their enemy

(Vṛtra); then gods, together with Brahman,

went to Mandara and saw Śiva there 7. 69.

56; (4) When Śiva's chariot was assembled

for his fight with the three sons of Tāraka,

riding the tripuras, Mandara was made

the axle of the chariot (mandaraṃ parvataṃ

cākṣam) 8. 24. 69; (5) Viṣṇu once hurled

Mandara (against his enemy) 3. 99. 14;

(6) As directed by Vadānya, Aṣṭāvakra,

in his journey towards the north to meet the

old female ascetic, came across mountains

Kailāsa, Mandara, and Haima, and he went

beyond them (sarvān anucacāra ha//tān

atītya mahāśailān) 13. 20. 28-29; (7)

Nahuṣa, after he became the king of heaven,

sported with the Apsarases and the Deva-

kanyās on mountain Kailāsa, Himavant,

Mandara and Śveta 5. 11. 9; (8) Mārka-

ṇḍeya saw, among other mountains, Mandara

in the belly of the Bāla (3. 186. 83 = Nārā-

yaṇa 3. 187. 4) 3. 186. 103. F. Impor-

tance: Finds place in the Daivata-Ṛṣi-

Vaṃśa 13. 151. 26, 2. G. Bad omen

related to it: Among the bad omens noticed

by Vyāsa before the war mention is made

of the falling down of the summits of the

mountains Kailāsa, Mandara and Himavant

6. 3. 35. H. Similes: (1) Hanūmant

assumed a form as huge as Vindhya and

Mandara 3. 149. 10; (2) The golden moun-

tain with Skanda on it shone like Mandara

with the sun having a circle of rays around it

3. 220. 22; (3) Karṇa with his arrows in

his chariot appeared like Mandara with the

sun full of rays 8. 26. 15; (4) The towers

on the gates of Indraprastha were (huge) like

Mandara (gopurair mandaropamaiḥ) 1.

199. 31; (5) The vajra was hurled by Indra

at Vṛtra as Mandara was hurled by Viṣṇu 3.

99. 14.

Mandara m. (pl.): Name of a people.

On the fourteenth day of war, Man-

dara warriors were among those three

thousand horse-riders who, led by Duryo-

dhana, attacked Sātyaki (trīṇi sādisaha-

srāṇi duryodhanapurogamāḥ/abhyadra-

vanta śaineyam) 7. 97. 13-14. [For Man-

dara mountain see Vol. I, pp. 403-405].