विन्ध्यकूट

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

विन्ध्य—कूट  m.  m. N. of the saint अगस्त्य, [L.]

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विन्ध्य कूट

Shabda-Sagara

विन्ध्यकूट  m.  ( -टः) The saint AGASTYA.
E. विन्ध्य the mountain, and कूट् to give pain, aff. क, or

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विन्ध्य कूट् क

with युच् aff. विन्ध्यकूटन; Vindhya the personi- fied mountain, having once prostrated himself before AGASTYA his spiritual guide, was ordered by the saint to remain in that posture, as a punishment for the presumption, which had in- duced him to attempt rivalling the heighth of Meru and Himā- laya. The legend appears to originate in the little elevation of the Vindhya-chain compared with its extent.