Cittakūṭa
PlaceUne montagne de l’Himavā entourant le lac Anotatta, célèbre comme demeure aux grottes d’or de dizaines de milliers de cygnes dorés et des oies Dhataraṭṭha, généralement identifiée au Kāmptanāthgiri au Bundelkhand.
A mountain in Himavā, one of the five ranges round Anotatta. It is composed of all kinds of precious metals (SNA.ii.437; AA.ii.759; UdA.300; Ap.i.50, 414; PsA.15; Vism.650). It is famed as the abode of golden swans living in a golden cave (Kañcanaguhā) on the top of the mountain, sometimes as many as ninety thousand in number (e.g., J.ii.107; iii.208, 247; iv.424, etc.) There also the Dhataraṭṭha geese lived (J.v.337).
The name is sometimes (e.g., J.iv.212; v.338) spelt Citrakūta. It is generally identified with Kāmptanāthgiri in Bundelkhand, an isolated hill on the Paisunī or Mandākinī River. Law: Geog. 40.
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