Gandhavati, the city

The city of Vayu (the wind God). There are said to be nine cities on top of Mount Mahameru :

(1) Manovati of Brahma at the centre,

(2) Just on the eastern *ide of it Amaravati of Indra,

(3) Agni’s Tejovati in the south-eastern corner,

(4) Maya’s Sarnyamani in the south,

5) Nirrti’s Krsnanjana in thesouth-western corner,

(6) Sraddhavati of Varuna on the west,

(7) Gandhavati of Vayu in the northwestern corner,

(8) Mahodaya of Kubera on the north, an&

(9) Yasovati of Isana in the north-eastern corner.

(Devibhagavata, Astama Skandha).

 

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