मलय
[malaya] IAST: MALAYA
A son of King ऋषभदेव belonging to the प्रियव्रत dynasty. (Bhāgavata, 5th Skandha) .
A son of गरुड [mh-2-99-14 ] .
A mountain in South India. The following pieces of information are gathered about this mountain from the पुराणस् :--
The sovereign deity of this mountain attends on कुबेर in कुबेर 's assembly. [mh-2-10-32 ]
The पाण्ड्य and चोल Kings collected Sandal Paste essence from the मलय and दर्दुर mountains, filled them in golden pots and presented them to युधिष्ठिर . [mh-2-52-33 ] .
The monkeys who went in search of सीता crossed this mountain. [mh-3-289-44 ] .
मलय is considered as one of the seven chief mountains of India. [mh-6-9-11 ]
Once मृत्यु deity performed tapas on this mountain. [mh-7-54-26 ] .
In त्रिपुरदहन , शिव used this mountain as the flagstaff of his chariot. [mh-7-102-73 ] .
In महाभारत there is a description of another मलय Mountain besides the मलय mountain of South India. When the sage शुक ascended Heaven, he saw a मलय mountain on the way. The celestial women, उर्वशी and विप्रचित्ति used to dance there daily. This मलय is somewhere above कैलास . [mh-12-332-21 ] .
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