In the Uttara Kanda section of the epic Ramayana, it is said that Ravana attempted to uproot the Mount Kailash as retaliation against Shiva, who in turn, pressed his right big toe upon the mountain, trapping Ravana in between. In Hinduism, the mountain is traditionally recognized as the abode of Shiva, who resides there along with his consort goddess Parvati and their children, Ganesha and Kartikeya. Religious significance An illustration depicting the Hindu holy family of Shiva. These sediments were deposited on the southern margin of the Asia block during subduction of the Tethys oceanic crust before the collision between the Indian and Asian continents. The Cenozoic rocks represent offshore marine limestones deposited before subduction of the Tethys oceanic crust. Mount Kailash appears to be a metasedimentary roof pendant supported by a massive granite base. The region around Mount Kailash and the Indus headwaters area is typified by wide-scale faulting of metamorphosed late- Cretaceous to mid- Cenozoic sedimentary rocks which have been intruded by igneous Cenozoic granitic rocks. For Hindus, it is the home of the Hindu god Shiva and it is believed that Shiva resides there for Jains it is where their first leader was enlightened for Buddhists, the navel of the universe and for adherents of Bon, the abode of the sky goddess Sipaimen." Īnother local name for the mountain is Tisé mountain, which derives from ti tse in the Zhang-Zhung language, meaning "water peak" or "river peak", connoting the mountain's status as the source of the mythical Lion, Horse, Peacock and Elephant Rivers, and in fact the Indus, Yarlung Tsangpo/Dihang/ Brahmaputra, Karnali and Sutlej all begin in the Kailash-Lake Manasarovara region. Bon texts have many names: Water's Flower, Mountain of Sea Water, Nine Stacked Swastika Mountain. "Tibetan Buddhists call it Kangri Rinpoche 'Precious Snow Mountain'. Alice Albinia lists some of the names for the mountain, and its religious significance to various faiths: Gang or Kang is the Tibetan word for snow peak analogous to alp or hima rinpoche is an honorific meaning "precious one" so the combined term can be translated "precious jewel of snows". The Tibetan name for the mountain is Gang Rinpoche ( Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰 traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰). In his Tibetan-English dictionary, Chandra (1902: p. 32) identifies the entry for 'kai la sha' ( Wylie: kai la sha) which is a loan word from Sanskrit. The name also could have been derived from the word " kelāsa" ( केलास), which means "crystal". The mountain is known as " Kailāsa" ( कैलास var. Many pilgrims from India, Tibet, Nepal, and other countries journey to venerate the mountain. Mount Kailash is considered sacred in four religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon. These rivers are the Indus, the Sutlej, the Brahmaputra, and the Karnali (a tributary of the Ganges, fed by Mabja Zangbo). The sources of four major Asian rivers lie close to this mountain and the two lakes. Mount Kailash is located close to Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastal. Mount Kailash is less than 100 km (62 miles) north of the western trijunction of the borders of China, India, and Nepal. It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau. Mount Kailash (also Kailasa Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche Standard Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰 traditional Chinese: 岡仁波齊峰 pinyin: Gāngrénbōqí Fēng Sanskrit: कैलास, IAST: Kailāsa) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Unclimbed (mountaineering prohibited currently)
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |