aantagiri himalay parvat-shreni ka sarvochch bhag hai, jisamean gaurishankar, nandadevi, kedaranath, badarinath, trishool, dhavalagiri adi chotiyaan avasthit haian, jo samudr tal se 20 sahasr phut se adhik ooanchi haian.
- mahabharat sabhaparv[1] mean aantagiri ka ullekh is prakar hai-
'aantagiri ch kauanteyastathaiv ch bahirgirimh tathaivopagirian chaiv vijigye purusharshabh:'.
- aantagiri ko arjun ne digvijayayatra ke prasang mean jita tha.
- pali sahity mean aantagiri ko mahahimavant bhi kaha gaya hai.
- aangrezi mean isi ko 'd gret seantral himalaya' kaha jata hai.
- jain sootr-granth 'janbudvip-prajnapti' mean bhi isaka mahahimavant nam se ullekh hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
- ↑ sabhaparv 27,3