Alternative spellings of this word include Karnikachala.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Karṇikācala (कर्णिकाचल) (‘lotus mountain’) is another name for Meru: a mountain mentioned in the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.9. Accordingly as Kāma related to Brahmā:—“[...] Even as I entered the zone, the living beings fell into my power but lord Śiva and his Gaṇas were not moved at all. O Brahmā, when Śiva went to the Himālayan ridge, Rati, Spring and I reached the place. Wherever He went whether on Meru (or Karṇikācala) Nāgakeśara or Kailāsa, I too went there immediately”.

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India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Karṇikācala (कर्णिकाचल) is another for Sumeru: a mountain mentioned in the Gupta inscription No. 17 and 32. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Sumeru is identified with Rudra Himālaya in Garhwal, where the river Gaṅgā has its source, it is near Badarikāśrama.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karṇikācala (कर्णिकाचल).—Name of the mountain सुमेरु (sumeru).

Derivable forms: karṇikācalaḥ (कर्णिकाचलः).

Karṇikācala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms karṇika and acala (अचल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karṇikācala (कर्णिकाचल).—m.

(-laḥ) The fabulous mountain Sumeru. E. karṇikā the seed vessel of a lotus, and acala a mountain, Meru being in the centre of the world, the divisions of which are delineated as the leaves of a lotus; also other compounds, as karṇikādri, &c.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karṇikācala (कर्णिकाचल):—[from karṇikā > karṇa] m. ‘the central mountain’ ([karṇikāyāṃ sthito calaḥ, [Tārānātha tarkavācaspati’s Vācaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]]) Name of Meru, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 16, 7.])

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karṇikācala (कर्णिकाचल):—[karṇikā+cala] (laḥ) 1. m. The fabulous mountain Sumeru.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karnikacala in German

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Partial matches: Karnika, Acala.

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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 9 - The power of Kāma and the birth of his attendants < [Section 2.2 - Rudra-saṃhitā (2): Satī-khaṇḍa]

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Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 24 - Incarnations of Śiva < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]

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