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Meaning of "Mandara"

Word

Mandara

Sanskrit

मंदार

In General

Mandara is a holy mountain. Mandara is the mountain used as churning rod to churn the Palazhi to have Amruth , the celestial nector of immortality. Mahadev's serpent, Vasuki, offered to serve as the rope pulled on one side by devas, and on the other, by a their half brothers asuras .

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