About Akṣauhiṇī

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ

akṣauhiṇya iti proktaṁ yattvayā sūtanandana

etadicchāmahe śrotuṁ sarvameva yathātatham

Ṛṣis said:

We wish to know, O son of Suta, all about Akṣauhiṇī, which you have mentioned to us.

akṣauhiṇyāḥ parīmāṇaṁ narāśvarathadantinām

yathāvaccaiva no brūhi sarvaṁ hi viditaṁ tava

Tell us the numbers of foot soldiers, horses, chariots, elephants, which form an Akṣauhiṇī, for yoy know everything.

sautiruvāca

eko ratho gajaścaiko narāḥ pañca padātayaḥ

trayaśca turagāstajjaiḥ pattirityabhidhīyate

Sauti said:

One chariot and one elephant, 5 foot soldiers and 3 horse men form one Patti.

pattiṁ tu triguṇāmetāmāhuḥ senāmukhaṁ budhāḥ

trīṇi senāmukhānyeko gulma ityabhidhīyate

3 Pattis make one Senāmukha, 3 Senāmukhas make one Gulma.

trayo gulmā gaṇo nāma vāhinī tu gaṇāstrayaḥ

smṛtāstisrastu vāhinyaḥ pṛtaneti vicakṣaṇaiḥ

3 Gulmas make one Gaṇa, 3 Gaṇas make one Vāhinī. 3 Vāhinīs make one Pṛtana.

catustu  pṛtanāstisrastisraścamvastvanīkinī

anīkinī daśaguṇā prāhirakṣauhiṇīṁbudhāḥ

3 Pṛtanās make one Camū, 3 amūs make one Anīkinī and 10 Anīkinīs are called by the learned as one Akṣauhiṇī.

Names of two Aśvinīs

 Nāsatya and Datta are said to be two Aśvinīs. 

Snakes on the body of Lord Śiva

 King Cobra is the sacred thread of Lord Śiva. Padma and Piṅgala snakes are earrings of Lord Śiva. Kambala and Dhanañjaya serpents are armlets - Bājūbandha of Lord Śiva. Aśvatara at the right and Takṣaka at the left wrist are two bangles - Kaṅgana of Lord Śiva around the waist.

14 Manvantaras in the day of Brahmā

 Svāyambhuva Manvantara

Svārociṣa Manvantara

Uttama Manvantara

Tāmasa Manvantara

Raivata Manvantara

Cākṣuṣa Manvantara

Vaivasvata Manvantara

Sāvarṇya Manvantara

Dakṣa Sāvarṇya Manvantara

Brahma Sāvarṇya Manvantara

Dharma Sāvarṇya Manvantara

Deva Sāvarṇya Manvantara

Indra Sāvarṇya Manvantara

7 mothers

Real mother

wife of the spiritual master

wife of a Brāhmaṇa

wife of the King

cow

nurse

Earth

4 kinds of birth

 Jarāya-ja - from embryo

aṇḍa-ja - from eggs

udbhij-ja - from seeds

sveda-ja - from perspiration

Rivers starting from the Mountains

 From Himālaya starts:

Śatadru

Candrabhāgā

Sarayū

Yamunā

Irāvatī

Vitastā

Vipāśā

Devikā

Kuhū

Gomatī

Dhūtapāpā

Bāhudā

Dṛṣadvatī

Kauśikī

Lohinī

From Pārijāta mountain starts:

Vedasmṛti

Vedavatī

Vṛtaghnī

Tridivā

Varṇāśā

Candanā

Carmaṇvatī

Surā

Vidiśā

Vetravatī 

From the middle of Ṛkṣavānā mountai starts:

Narmadā

Surasā

Śoṇa

Daśārṇā

Mahānadī

Mandākinī

Citrakūṭā

Tāmasī

Piśācikā

Citrotpalā

Viśālā

Mañjulā

Vāluvāhinī

From Vindhyācala mountain starts:

Tāpī

Payoṣṇī

Nirvindhyā

Śīghrodā

Mahānadī

Vinnā

Vaitaraṇī

Balākā

Kumudvatī

Mahāgaurī

Durgā

Antaḥśilā

From Sahya mountain starts:

Godāvarī

Bhīmarathī

Kṛṣṇā

Veṇā

Vaśyatā

Tuṅgabhadrā

Suprayogā

Kāverī

Trough Gandhamādana mountain pass rivers:

Ṛtumālā

Tāmraparṇī

Puṇyavatī

Utpalāvatī

From the base of Śaktimān mountain starts:

Kṣiprā

Palāśinī

Ṛṣīkā

Vaṁśadhāriṇī

In between two mountains called Candrakānta and Sūryakānta flows the river Bhadrasomā