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शङ्खतीर्थ (zaGkhatIrtha)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शङ्ख—तीर्थ
n.
N.
of a Tīrtha,
MBh.
Mahabharata
English
Śaṅkhatīrtha, a tīrtha on the Sarasvatī. § 615f (Baladevat.): Here Baladeva beheld a gigantic tree, Mahāśaṅkha, tall as Meru, looking like Śvetaparvata, and resorted to by many Ṛ.
there dwell Y., Vd., Rā., Pś., and Si., in thousands
all of them, abandoning other kinds of food, observe vows and regulations, and take at due seasons the fruits of that tree for their sustenance, and wander unseen by men: IX, 37, 2137.
पुराणम्
English
शंखतीर्थ / ŚAṄKHATĪRTHA. A sacred place on the banks of the river sarasvatī. (śalya Parva, Chapter 37).