སྤོས་ངད་ཅན། | Glossary of Terms

“Fragrant Mountain,” the dwelling place of the bodhisattva Radiating Luminous Incense.

A legendary mountain north of the Himalayas, with Lake Anavatapta, the source of the world’s great rivers, at its base. It is said to be south of Mount Kailash, though both have been identified with Mount Tise in west Tibet.

A legendary mountain north of the Himalayas, with Lake Anavatapta, the source of the world’s great rivers, at its base. It is said to be south of Mount Kailash, though both have been identified with Mount Tise in western Tibet. In other sūtras translated as spos ngad can, spos ngad ldang, and spos nad ldan.

A mountain in the north, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.

A legendary mountain north of the Himalayas, with Lake Anavatapta, the source of the world’s great rivers, at its base. It is said to be south of Mount Kailash, though both have been identified with Mount Tise in west Tibet.

Name of a mountain.

A mountain known for its incense trees.

One of ten “kings of mountains” according to Abhidharma cosomology.

A mountain or mountain range closely associated with solitary buddhas.

A mountain east of Mount Sumeru.

A mountain north of the Himalayas, said to be fifty yojanas from Mount Kailash. In other sūtras, it is translated as  spos ngad can, spos ngad ldang, or spos nad ldan. Mount Gandhamardan in Orissa, India, was at one time a center for Buddhist study and practice.

A mountain king.

A mountain to the east of Mount Sumeru.

A mountain.

A legendary mountain north of the Himalayas, with Lake Anavatapta, the source of the world’s great rivers, at its base. It is said to be south of Mount Kailash, though both have been identified with Mount Tise in west Tibet.

Name of a mountain range, better known as Gandhamādana.