Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 16: A Description of Jambudvipa. Text 26

कुरङ्गकुररकुसुम्भवैकङ्कत्रिकूटशिशिरपतङ्गरुचकनिषधशिनीवासकपिलशङ्ख
वैदूर्यजारुधिहंसऋषभनागकालञ्जरनारदादयो विंशतिगिरयो मेरोः कर्णिकाया
इव केसरभूता मूलदेशे परित उपकॢप्ताः ॥२६॥

kuraá¹…ga-kurara-kusumbha-vaikaá¹…ka-trikÅ«á¹­a-Å›iÅ›ira-pataá¹…ga-rucaka-niá¹£adha-Å›inÄ«vÄsa-kapila-Å›aá¹…kha-vaidÅ«rya-jÄrudhi-haá¹sa-ṛṣabha-nÄga-kÄlañjara-nÄradÄdayo vimÅ›ati-girayo meroḥ karṇikÄyÄ iva kesara-bhÅ«tÄ mÅ«la-deÅ›e parita upakḷptÄḥ

 kuraá¹…ga - Kuraá¹…ga; kurara - Kurara; kusumbha-vaikaá¹…ka-trikÅ«á¹­a-Å›iÅ›ira-pataá¹…ga-rucaka-niá¹£adha-Å›inÄ«vÄsa-kapila-Å›aá¹…kha-vaidÅ«rya-jÄrudhi-haá¹sa-ṛṣabha-nÄga-kÄlañjara-nÄrada - the names of mountains; Ädayaḥ - and so on; vimÅ›ati-girayaḥ - twenty mountains; meroḥ - of Sumeru Mountain; karṇikÄyÄḥ - of the whorl of the lotus; iva - like; kesara-bhÅ«tÄḥ - as filaments; mÅ«la-deÅ›e - at the base; paritaḥ - all around; upakḷptÄḥ - arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


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There are other mountains beautifully arranged around the foot of Mount Meru like the filaments around the whorl of a lotus flower. Their names are Kuraá¹…ga, Kurara, Kusumbha, Vaikaá¹…ka, TrikÅ«á¹­a, ÅšiÅ›ira, Pataá¹…ga, Rucaka, Niá¹£adha, SinÄ«vÄsa, Kapila, Åšaá¹…kha, VaidÅ«rya, JÄrudhi, Haá¹sa, Ṛṣabha, NÄga, KÄlañjara and NÄrada.

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