Kailasha, the Glossary
Kailasha or Kailasa is the celestial abode of the Hindu god Shiva.[1]
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59 relations: Akaniṣṭha, Alpine Journal, Bhagavata Purana, Brahmaloka, Brahmaputra River, Crystal, Deva (Hinduism), Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, Draupadi, Endorheic basin, Gana, Ganesha, Gangdise Shan, Ganges, Ghaghara, Gold, Hinduism, Hindus, Indus River, Kalidasa, Kartikeya, Kishkindha, Kumārasambhava, Lake Manasarovar, Lake Rakshastal, Lapis lazuli, Mahabharata, Mandakini River, Manidvipa, Meghadūta, Monier Monier-Williams, Mount Kailash, Mount Meru, Nandi (Hinduism), Nataraja, Nelumbo nucifera, Pandava, Parvati, Pilgrim, Puranas, Ramayana, Ravana, Ravananugraha, Ruby, Sanskrit, Shiva, Skanda Purana, Sutlej, Svarga, Tandava, ... Expand index (9 more) »
- Mountains in Hinduism
Akaniṣṭha
In classical Buddhist Cosmology, Akaniṣṭha (Pali: Akaniṭṭha, meaning "Nothing Higher", "Unsurpassed") is the highest of the Pure Abodes, and thus the highest of all the form realms.
Alpine Journal
The Alpine Journal (AJ) is an annual publication by the Alpine Club of London.
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Bhagavata Purana
The Bhagavata Purana (भागवतपुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).
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Brahmaloka
Brahmaloka (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मालोक, IAST: Brahmāloka) or Satyaloka (Sanskrit: सत्यलोक) sometimes refers to the realm of Brahma, the creator god, a member of the Trimurti along with Vishnu and Shiva, along with his consort Saraswati. Kailasha and Brahmaloka are Locations in Hindu mythology.
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet (China), Northeastern India, and Bangladesh.
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Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.
Deva (Hinduism)
Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.
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Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend
The Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (2002) is a book written by Anna L. Dallapiccola, and contains information on over one thousand concepts, characters, and places of Hindu mythology and Hinduism, one of the major religions of the Indian subcontinent.
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Draupadi
Draupadi (Daughter of Drupada), also referred to as Krishnā, Panchali, and Yajnaseni, was the queen of ancient Kuru Kingdom, and the eldest wife of Kuru King Yudhishthira, along with his four brothers (Pandava)— Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva.
Endorheic basin
An endorheic basin (also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other, external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swamps that equilibrate through evaporation.
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Gana
The word (Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means "flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, category, series, or class".
Ganesha
Ganesha (गणेश), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect.
Gangdise Shan
The Kailash Range, Kailas Range, Gangdisi Mountains, Gangdese Range or Gangdisê Range, is a mountain range on the Tibetan Plateau in Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Ganges
The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Ghaghara
The Ghaghara River, also known as the Karnali River in Nepal, Mapcha Tsangpo in Tibet, and the lower Ghaghara in Awadh is known as the Sarayu River, is a perennial trans-boundary river that originates in the northern slopes of the Himalayas in the Tibetan Plateau, cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River at Brahmaghat in India.
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
Indus River
The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia.
Kalidasa
Kālidāsa (कालिदास, "Servant of Kali"; 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright.
Kartikeya
Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war.
Kishkindha
Kishkindha is a kingdom of the vanaras in Hinduism.
Kumārasambhava
Kumārasaṃbhavam (कुमारसम्भवम् "The Birth of Kumāra") is an epic poem by Kālidāsa.
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Lake Manasarovar
Lake Manasarovar (Mānasarōvara), also called Mapam Yumtso locally, is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Lake Rakshastal
Lake Rakshastal (translit-std) is a saltwater lake in Tibet Autonomous Region, China, lying just west of Lake Manasarovar and south of Mount Kailash.
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Lapis lazuli
Lapis lazuli, or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mandakini River
The Mandakini River is a tributary of the Alaknanda River in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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Manidvipa
Manidvipa (translit) is the celestial abode of Mahadevi, the supreme goddess, according to the Shaktism tradition in Hinduism. Kailasha and Manidvipa are Locations in Hindu mythology.
Meghadūta
Meghadūta (मेघदूत literally Cloud Messenger) is a lyric poem written by Kālidāsa (c. 4th–5th century CE), considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets.
Monier Monier-Williams
Sir Monier Monier-Williams (né Williams; 12 November 1819 – 11 April 1899) was a British scholar who was the second Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, England.
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Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ;; कैलास) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Kailasha and mount Kailash are mountains in Hinduism.
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Mount Meru
Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru, or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes. Kailasha and mount Meru are Locations in Hindu mythology and mountains in Hinduism.
Nandi (Hinduism)
Nandi (नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva.
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Nataraja
Nataraja (Naṭarājar), also known as Adalvallan, is a depiction of Shiva, one of the main deities in Hinduism, as the divine cosmic dancer.
Nelumbo nucifera
Nelumbo nucifera, also known as sacred lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae.
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Pandava
The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Parvati
Parvati (पार्वती), also known as Uma (उमा) and Gauri (गौरी), is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood.
Pilgrim
A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place.
Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Ravana
Ravana was an ancient mythological king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Ravananugraha
Ravananugraha or Ravananugraha-murti ("form showing favour to Ravana") is a benevolent aspect of the Hindu god Shiva, depicted seated on his abode Mount Kailash with his consort Parvati, while the rakshasa-king (demon-king) Ravana of Lanka attempts to uproot it.
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Ruby
Ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide).
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
Skanda Purana
The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts.
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Sutlej
The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan.
Svarga
Svarga (lit), also known as Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas in Hinduism. Kailasha and Svarga are Locations in Hindu mythology.
Tandava
Tandava (also spelled as), also known as, is a divine dance performed by Hindu god Shiva.
Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts.
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Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
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Transhimalaya
The Trans himalaya (also spelled Trans-Himalaya), or "Gangdise – Nyenchen Tanglha range" (p), is a mountain range in China, India and Nepal, extending in a west–east direction parallel to the main Himalayan range.
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Vahana
Vahana (translit) or vahanam denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle.
Vaikuntha
Vaikuntha (translit), also called Vishnuloka, and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil, is the abode of Vishnu, the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism,Gavin Flood, (1996). Kailasha and Vaikuntha are Locations in Hindu mythology.
Vayu Purana
The Vayu Purana (वायुपुराण) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism.
Vishnu Purana
The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism.
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Yarlung Tsangpo
The Yarlung Tsangpo, also called Yarlung Zangbo and Yalu Zangbu River is the upper stream of the Brahmaputra River located in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata.
See also
Mountains in Hinduism
- Adam's Peak
- Arunachala
- Girnar
- Kailasha
- Machapuchare
- Mount Kailash
- Mount Meru
- Nag Pahad
- Nanda Devi
- Tirumalai (Tamil Nadu)
- Velliangiri Mountains
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailasha
Also known as Kailasa.
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