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    Mandara (Sanskrit: मन्दर, मन्दार; mandara, mandāra) is the name of the mountain that appears in the Samudra Manthana episode in the Hindu Puranas, where...
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    amrita (ambrosia) as both of them seek immortality. The gods select Mount Mandara as the churning rod and the serpent Vasuki-Ananta as the rope. Then...
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    Shiva and Parvati. In the Shiva Purana, when Shiva was meditating on Mount Mandara, Parvati was in a playful mood and covered Shiva's eyes. This caused...
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  • Calotropis gigantea Mount Mandara, a mythical mountain in the Hindu Puranas Mandara (TV series), a German television series Mandara language, an Austronesian...
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    bow used for the destruction of the three cities was fashioned from Mount Mandara: Śiva had to make grand preparations for a fight with the Tripuras....
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  • Kinnaras are described as half-man and half-horse beings, living at Mount Mandara. Kingdoms of Ancient India www.wisdomlib.org (2015-01-31). "Kinnara...
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    described to have allowed both the devas and the asuras to bind him to Mount Mandara, so that they could use him as their churning rope to extract the amrita...
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    (“Meru Pôrbôtô”) Old Maldivian: ސުމޭރު-މަންދަރަ "Sumēru-Mandara" (sometimes spelt as Ṣumeru-Mandara) Pāli: Sineru Punjabi: ਮੇਰੂ ਪਰਬਤ (Meru Parbat) Tagalog:...
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    they used the serpent-king, Vasuki as the churning rope. They used Mount Mandara as a churning pole and placed it on the back of Kurma, an avatar of...
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    to sheer exhaustion. Vishnu flew upon his mount Garuda and revived them all, and placed Mandara on his mount and carried it towards its destination, the...
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  • Mandara (Sinhala: මන්දාරා) a 2024 Sri Lankan Sinhala thriller drama film directed by Priyantha Colombage and produced by Mahen Perera for Creative Force...
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    of earth, the seven continents and seven oceans. It describes Mount Meru, Mount Mandara and other major mountains, as well as Bharatavarsha (Literally...
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  • abode of the supreme goddess in Hinduism. Mount Mandara A sacred mountain mentioned in the Puranas. Mount Meru The sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu...
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  • Shesha". In the Samudra manthan chapter of the Puranas, Shesha loosens Mount Mandara for it to be used as a churning rod by the Asuras and Devas to churn...
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    there are either 88 or 89 devas in the scene, 89 if the deva atop Mount Mandara is counted with the others. There are 88 or 89 days from the spring...
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    who coils over Shiva's neck and offered to serve as the rope to pull Mount Mandara in the Samudra Manthana (Churning of the Ocean of Milk) to release the...
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    springs from his navel Statue of Narayana in Thai art style stands on Mount Mandara within Suvarnabhumi Airport, Samut Prakan, Thailand Khmer lintel depicting...
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  • Mahishasura Utkarsha Naik as Kaikesi / Diti Arun Mathur as Sumali / Mount Mandara / Ruru / Mandhata Manish Sharma as Indrajita Amrit Pal as Tarakasura...
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    water and fire. As a result of the rapid rotation, a whorl lights up – Mount Mandara, but trees and grasses emit their juices into the drying ocean. This...
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    Siri-Satakani Gotamiputa, who was in strength equal to mount Himavat, mount Meru, mount Mandara; king of Asika, Asaka, Mulaka, Suratha, Kukura, Aparanta...
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    sacred. Most sacred among those are Mount Kailash (in Tibet), Nanda Devi, Pamir Mountains as Mount Meru, Mount Mandara, Kanchenjunga, Gangotri Mountain,...
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    of the ekadashi. Upon first meeting the apsara while travelling to Mount Mandara, the king was utterly bewitched by her beauty. A courtship ensued and...
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  • Vishnu incarnates as Kurma, the divine turtle, and supports the churn - Mount Mandara - on his back. The first thing to emerge from the ocean is a lethal...
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    inspired by true religion, this cave has been caused to be excavated in mount Tiranhu, and inside the cave a Chaitya and cisterns. This cave made for...
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    The Mandara Mountains are a volcanic range extending about 190 km (about 120 mi) along the northern part of the Cameroon–Nigeria border, from the Benue...
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  • Mount Oupay in Cameroon is the highest point in the Mandara Mountains, with an elevation of 1,494 m (4,902 ft). Müller-Kosack, Gerhard (2003). The Way...
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    Serpent, Vasuki, for their churning-string. For a churning pole they used Mount Mandara placed on the back of a Great Tortoise – the Kurma Avatar of Vishnu...
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    like a bull, difficult to attack like a lion, steady and firm like Mount Mandara, deep like the ocean, mild like the moon, refulgent like the sun, pure...
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    which took root where he was leaning on it and grew into a plum tree. Mandara-iwa Behind Misenhondo Hall is a gigantic bedrock face on which handwritten...
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    the opposite sides holding the serpent Vasuki as a string wound round Mount Mandara which acts as the churning rod. The contemporary Vimana of the temple...
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