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0057 Southern Tibet : vol.1
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THE SACRED LAKE, MANA-SAROVARA.   15

Then follows the story of the Raja Mandhatri who married the earth in the shape of a woman, who, after years of happiness refused to die with him. »Then Mandhatri was enraged and drew his sword to kill the earth, and she fled towards Himachala and the raja followed her, and she reached Mana-sarovara. Then on the banks of this lake the raja cut off her head, but the earth could not perish and vanishing in the waters went down to Patala, where she worshipped the gods who were seated on Kailasa.»

To the raja's question: »which is the road to the holy lake ?» Dattatreya gave the principal stations and the duties of the pilgrim, amongst which, after his descending to Mana-sarovara, was the following: »let him bath there and give water to the. manes of his ancestors and worship Mahadeva in the name of the raja-hansa. Then let him make the parikrama (circum-ambulation) of the holy lake Mana and look on Kailasa and bathe in all the rivers around.»

The raja's next question concerns the return journey, and then follows, under the heading: Mana-sarovara: »On the south of the Mana lake is the mountain ~ambhu, from which issues the river Shesti(?), which flows to the north into Mana, near which are mines of silver and lead: near this the sands are red and the waters white. To the north is the Nala mountain, whence issues the river Kapila, which flows into Måna-sarovara, while to the south is a cave and a gold mine. From the Nala mountain, a river called Pushpabhadra, flows to the east into Mana-sarovara and also the Devabhadra. Here, Ramachandra propitiated Mahadeva, and from this went to Svarga, leaving his horses and elephants, which still remain there. Near this flows the Chandrabhaga from the head of Çiva on Kailasa. From the mountain Gauri flows the Sarda into the Mana lake. From Kailasa flows the Mandakini or Bhadra to the south into the lake. West of this river are five lakes, Kali-hrad, Kan-hrad, Padma-hrad, Kali-hrad and Hari-hrad. To the left of Kailasa is the Kalapa peak, where are many caves and mines of gold and silver; from it flows the river Çonanda, of which the water is the colour of gold; this flows into the Mana lake. Near Kalapa is mount Meru; this mountain is blue and from it falls the Sarasvati, and Suvarna-dhara, which also flow into Mana-sarovara. Beyond these is the Mahendra mountain, from which flows the river Mahendri into Manasarovara; from it also flows the river Baruni with yellow waters into the lake and the Swati.»

I To this Atkinson adds some explanations in notes. The mountain Çambhu is Gur-la. The Nala mountain north of the lake he regards as a peak of the Kailas range, from which two streams flow into the lake near Sarniah-Uniah. The Mandakini or Bhadra, said to flow from the Kailasa to the south into the lake, Atkinson suggests to be the Som-chu (Samo-tsangpo) of the Pundits, coming from the Kailas range and going to the lake, which obviously is a mistake, as the Som-chu flows to the west and not to the south and as it does not rise from the Kailas. The Mandakini may be the Gyuma-chu or any other river coming from the north, from the mountains just east of the Kailas. This enumeration only talks of rivers falling into the lake. But in the above quoted passage it is said that from the Mana-sarovara flow the Sarayu and the Çatadru. The Sardjou or Gagra on Tieffenthaler's map flows out of Rakas-tal, but his Satloudj, or Çatadru, flows out of Manasarovar.