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गन्धमादन

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गन्धमादन

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
   A mountain famed in the Purāṇas and lying to the east of the Himālayas. [Bhāgavata, Pañcama Skandha] . The purānic importance of the mountain may be summarised as follows:--
(1) Kaśyapaprajāpati did tapas at this mountain. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 10] .
(2) Ananta (Ādiśeṣa) had once done tapas here. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 36, Verse 3] .
(3) once Pāṇḍu went to the Śataśṛṅga mountain along with his wives Kuntī and Mādrī for doing tapas, and on that occasion they visited Gandhamādana also. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 118, Verse 48] .
(4) this mountain assumes the form of a divine person. attends Kubera's assembly and worships him. [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10, Verse 32] .
(5) Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the company of Nārāyaṇarṣi spent 10,000 years on this mountain as an anchorite. [Vana Parva, Chapter 12, Verse 11] .
(6) arjuna on his way to mount Kailāsa to do tapas crossed the Gandhamādana mountain. [Vana Parva, Chapter 37, Verse 41] .
(7) only those who possess power got by tapas will be able to climb this mountain. [Vana Parva, Chapter 140, Verse 22] .
(8) there is the Badari tree and under it there is an āśrama of Naranārāyaṇas on the heights of this mountain, and Yakṣas stay there always. [Vana Parva, Chapter 141, Verse 22] .
(9) once the Pāṇḍavas, with the aid of Ghaṭotkaca mounted this mountain. [Vana Parva, Chapter 145] .
(10) it was here, at this mountain that Bhīma killed Maṇimān, a friend of Kubera. ---10--- .
(11) Kubera, who was driven out of Laṅkā stayed at this mountain during the initial periods. ---11--- .
GANDHAMĀDANA I   A monkey, who had been helpful to Śrī Rāma, was the son of Kubera. ---12--- . this monkey usually stayed on mount Gandhamādana. during the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war he led a contingent of monkeys. ---13--- .
GANDHAMĀDANA ii   A Rākṣasa king, who stays in Kubera's assembly: [Sabhā Parva, Chapter 10] .

गन्धमादन

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi |   | 
 noun  राम की सेना में एक सेनानायक   Ex. गन्धमादन बहुत बलशाली थे ।
ONTOLOGY:
पौराणिक जीव (Mythological Character)जन्तु (Fauna)सजीव (Animate)संज्ञा (Noun)
 noun  एक पौराणिक पर्वत   Ex. गन्धमादन का वर्णन रामायण में भी मिलता है ।
ONTOLOGY:
पौराणिक वस्तु (Mythological)वस्तु (Object)निर्जीव (Inanimate)संज्ञा (Noun)

गन्धमादन

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
गन्ध—मादन  m. m.intoxicating with fragrance’ = -मोदन, [L.]
   ‘delighting in fragrances’, a large black bee, [L.]
गन्ध-मदन   also title or epithet).">N. of a mountain (forming the division between इलावृत and भद्राश्व, to the east of मेरु, renowned for its fragrant forests), [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] &c. (once , [Hcat. i, 6, 24] )
   also title or epithet).">N. of रावण, ii, 410">[MBh. ii, 410]
   of a monkey (attendant of राम), iii, 16273">[MBh. iii, 16273] ; 16, 13">[R. i, 16, 13]
   73, 26">iv; v, 73, 26
   vi
गन्ध—मादन  n. n. the forest on the mountain गन्ध-मादन, [L.]

गन्धमादन

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
गन्धमादन  mn.  (-नः-नं) The name of a particular mountain, forming the division between Ilavritta and Bhadraswa or to the east of Mern. m. (-नः)
   1. A large black bee.
   2. sulphur.
   3. The name of one of the monkey chiefs.
  f.  (-नी) Spiri tuous liquor; also in some books read गन्धमादिनी.
   E. गन्ध smell, मद् to inebriate in the causal form and ल्युट् aff.

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