कुमुद
[kumuda] IAST: KUMUDA
A prominent serpent. [mh-1-35-15 ] .
A prominent monkey, who was an attendant of सुग्रीव . [mh-3-289-4 ] .
A great elephant born in the dynasty of सुप्रतीक . [mh-5-99-15 ] .
A son of गरुड . [mh-5-101-12 ] .
One of the five attendants given by ब्रह्मा to स्कन्द . [mh-9-45-39 ] .
A warrior who fought with स्कन्ददेव . [mh-9-45-56 ] .
A synonym of महाविष्णु . [mh-13-149-76 ] .
There are four mountains supporting महामेरु on its four sides, and कुमुद is one of those four mountains, मन्दर , मेरुमन्दर and सुपार्श्व being the other three. According to the ८थ् स्कन्ध of the देवी भागवत there are other tweny mountains on the four sides of महामेरु , which is कुरङ्ग , कुरग , कुशुम्भ , विकङ्कत , त्रिकूट , शिशिर , पतङ्ग , रुचक , नील , निषध , शितिवास , कपिल , शङ्ख , वैदूर्य , चारुधि , हंस , ऋषभ , नाग , कालञ्जर and नारद .
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