Vindhya

The Himavān, the supreme among mountains, father-in-law of Śaṃkara, and the Vindhya mountain face each other in mutual regard.

The Vindhya with its thousand peaks, covered with diverse trees and creepers, and the river Narmadā, difficult of passage, haunted by great serpents —

Emerging from a cave of the great Vindhya mountain and seeing the monkeys seated there, he spoke with a delighted heart.

The land which lies between the Himalaya and Vindhya mountains, to the east of Vinashana and to the west of Prayaga, is called the Middle Country.

But the region between those two mountain ranges, from the eastern sea to the western sea, the wise know as Aryavarta.

> Venus and Jupiter, in the east and in the west, are in their juvenility / > in the Vindhyas for ten days;

> In the Vaṅgas and Hūṇas, for six and five;