A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Hemakuta
This page describes Hemakuta which is located on page 21 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Hemakuta” according to 31 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Markandeya Purana [by Frederick Eden Pargiter]
Hema-kuta (south of Nishadha) and Shveta (north of Nila) are 90,000 yojanas long. Himavat (south of Hema-kuta) and Shringin (north of Shveta) are 80,000 yojanas long. The decrease is due to their position in the circle of the earth. See Vishnu-Purana, Bk. II. , ch. ii. (* 9) Vedi. (* 10) These are the nine countries mentioned in canto liii, verses 32-35. (* 11) For catur-asiti read catur-ashiti?...
Read full contents: Canto LIV - The description of Jambudvipa
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana [by Chaitali Kadia]
Among them Neel & Nishadha both of these are huge Mountains and Shveta , Hemakuta , Himavan and Shringavan –they are comparatively smaller than them (Neel , Nishadha ). Rishabha Mountain is said to be similar wide to the Jambudvipa . Hemakuta Mountain is less than twelfth part of Rishabha Mountain and Himavan is less than twentieth part of it....
Read full contents: Saptadvipa (1): Jambudvipa (Introduction)
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
The land that is beyond Hemakuta is called Harivarsha, South of the Nila range and on the north of the Nishadha is a mountain, O king, called Malyavat that stretches from east to west. Beyond Malyavat northwards is the mountain called Gandhamadana. Between these two (viz. , Malyavat and Gandhamadana) is a globular mountain called Meru made of gold. Effulgent as the morning sun, it is like fire without smoke....
Read full contents: Section VI
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