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देवकूट (devakUTa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
देव—कूट
n.
‘d° peak’,
N.
of a mountain,
VāyuP.
Mahabharata
English
Devakūṭa, a sacred mountain. § 370 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 84, 8119.
पुराणम्
English
देवकूट / DEVAKŪṬA I. A mountain 18, 000 miles in extent and 2000 miles in height. devakūṭa is on the eastern side of mahāmeru. There is another mountain called jaṭhara near this mountain. (devī bhāgavata, Aṣṭama skandha).
देवकूट / DEVAKŪṬA II. A holy place. A dip in the sacred waters at this place is equal in its effects to that of an aśvamedha yajña. Moreover the family of such persons also will prosper. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 84, Verse 14).
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
देवकूट
न०
वशिष्ठाश्रमसन्निकृष्टस्थे तीर्थभेदे “तत्राश्रमो वशिष्ठस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वाणोवाजपेयमवाप्नुयात् देवकूटं समासाद्य देवर्षिगणसे-वितम्” भा० व० ८४ अ०