त्रिशृङ्ग

{ triśṛṅga }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

TRIŚṚṄGA   A mountain. This stands to the north of Mahāmeru. Mahāmeru spreads over an area of eighteen thousand square miles and is two thousand miles high. It is surrounded by eight other small mountains two on each side. To the east is Jaṭhara and Devakūṭa. Pavamāna and Pāriyātra stand to the west while to the south are Kailāsa and Karavīra. On the north are Triśṛṅga and Makaragiri. [8th Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

त्रि—शृङ्ग  m.  m. ‘three-horned’, a triangle, Sārasam.

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-कूट    N. of a mountain (= , [L.]), [Hariv. 12853]; [R.]; [BhP.]

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the membrum virile, [MantraBr. i, 1, 4] Sch.

Shabda-Sagara

त्रिशृङ्ग  m.  ( -ङ्गः)
1. A hill with three peaks.
2. A triangle.
E. त्रि three, and शृङ्ग a horn.

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