Tara in Hinduism
author: Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya
edition: 2003, Eastern Book Linkers
pages: 414
ISBN-10: 8178540215
Topic: Hinduism
Textual Interpretations - Manasa Lake
This page describes Manasa Lake from pages 232-233 in the book: Tara in Hinduism by Bikas Kumar Bhattacharya. This book represents a study of the Goddess Tara (啶むぞ啶班ぞ, 迟腻谤腻) and collects various standpoints regarding her cult from both Buddhist and Brahmanical sources. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms. It is part of the series 鈥淭extual Interpretations鈥�.
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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa [by Dhrubajit Sarma]
Lakes The following lakes are also referred, in the Shrikanthacarita. As for example, the Manasa and the Mahapadma. 1. Manasa The Manasa is a sacred lake on the mountain Kailasa. It is said to be the native place of the swans, which are described as migrating to its shores every year at the commencement of the breeding season of the monsoons. The Kailasa mountain (altitude 22,028 ft. ) is situated due north from the centre of the Manasa lake (altitude 14,900 ft. , area 133 sq. miles)....
Read full contents: Part 8b - Oceans, rivers and lakes (found in the Shrikanthacarita)
Brahmanda Purana [by G.V. Tagare]
The lake Payoda is on the mountain Nila. It is very clear and it abounds in lotuses. Two rivers rise from it, viz. the Pundarika and the Payoda. 70b-71a. The sacred Sarayu flows from the mountain Shveta. It is indeed from the Manasa lake that the two rivers Jyotsna and Mrigakama have originated. 71b-73. In the Kurus is the lake well known as Rudrakanta. It abounds in lotuses, fishes and (aquatic) birds鈥擨t is created by Bhava. There are twelve other deep lakes here....
Read full contents: Chapter 18 - Description of the Jambudvipa
The Sun-Worshipping Sakadvipiya Brahmanas [by Martina Palladino]
Agni-purana Maga- Magadha- Manasa- Mandaga- Brahma-purana Maga- Magadha- Manasa- Mandaga- Kurma-purana Maga-/ Mriga- Magadha- Manasa- Mandaga- Vishnu-purana Maga-/ Mriga- Magadha- Manasa- Mandaga- Mahabharata Maga-/Manga-/ Mriga- Mashaka-/Masaka- Manasa- Mandaga- The Vayu-, Matsya- and Markandeya-puranas do not give the names of these classes at all. In the Bhagavata-purana (5. 20. 28), which follows a different textual tradition, the names are Ritavrata, Satyavrata, Danavrata, and Anuvrata....
Read full contents: 3. The Other Puranas and the Mahabharata
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