Adhyaya 57 — The Ninefold Divisions of Bharata: Mountains, Rivers, and Peoples
वातस्वनो वैद्युतश्च मैनाकः स्वरसस्तथा ।
तुङ्गप्रस्थो नागगिरि रोचनः पाण्डराचलः ॥
vātasvano vaidyutaś ca mainākaḥ svarasas tathā | tuṅgaprastho nāgagirī rocanaḥ pāṇḍarācalaḥ ||
又有瓦塔斯瓦那(Vātasvana)与外迪尤塔(Vaidyuta);迈那迦(Maināka)与斯瓦拉萨(Svarasa);通伽普拉斯塔(Tuṅgaprastha)、那伽吉利(Nāgagiri)、罗遮那(Rocana)与般陀罗遮罗(Pāṇḍarācala)——(皆为彼处之山)。
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The landscape is remembered through meaningful names (‘shining’, ‘wind-sounding’), implying that nature is apprehended through qualities (guṇas) and not only through utility.
‘Sthāna’—continued mountain catalog.
Names like ‘lightning’ and ‘shining’ can hint at tejas (inner radiance). Mountains become external correlates of inner energies celebrated in yogic and tapas traditions.