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Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Girigahvara (गिरिगह्वर).—A place of habitation on the northeastern side of Bhārata. (Śloka 42, Chapter 9, Bhīṣma Parva).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Girigahvara (गिरिगह्वर).—A northern kingdom.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 16. 47.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Girigahvara (गिरिगह्वर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.66) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Girigahvara) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Girigahvara (गिरिगह्वर) refers to a “mountain cave”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “He whose mind is (centred) in a cremation ground, (a solitary place where there is just) a single tree, the junction (of rivers), a mountain cave [i.e., girigahvara], (or) a forest should delight (in spiritual discipline) in these places. This (teaching) should (also) always be given to the devout soul (bhaktātman) whose duty is (to serve) the teacher, the deity and the fire in the sacrifice (he performs in his) home”.

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 6 - Bhāratavarṣa: Its Rivers and Regions < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]

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The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 16 - The Description of Bharata < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]

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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)

Topographical Lists from the Mahābhārata < [Book II]

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