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आदिकूर्म

   { ādikūrma }
Script: Devanagari

आदिकूर्म

Puranic Encyclopaedia  | English  English |   | 
ĀDIKŪRMA   The mountain of Mandara which was used as a churn-stick to churn the great milky ocean, Kṣīrābdhi went down the ocean. then Mahāviṣṇu took the shape of a tortoise to lift it up and this first tortoise was called Ādikūrma. [Śloka 12, Chapter 18, Ādi Parva, M.B.] .

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