Text 17] A Description of Jambiadvipa 105
those gardens, while their glories are sung by lesser demigods
known as Gandharvas.
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BOAT TL Tafes 18
mandarotsanga ekddasa-Ssata-yojanotturiga-devaciita-siraso giri-
sikhara-sthiilani phalany amrta-kalpani patanti.
mandara-utsange—on the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain;
ekddosa-sata-yojana-utturniga—1,100 yojanas high; devaciita-sirasah—
from the top of a mango tree named Devacita; giri-sikhara-sthulani—
which are as fat as mountain peaks; phalani—fruit; amrta-kalpdni—as
sweet as nectar; patanti—fall down.
TRANSLATION
On the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain is a mango tree named
Devacita. It is 1,100 yojanas high. Mangoes as big as mountain
peaks and as sweet as nectar fall from the top of this tree for the
enjoyment of the denizens of heaven.
PURPORT
In the Vayu Purana there is also a reference to this tree by great
learned sages:
aratinindm satany astav
eka-sasty-adhikani ca
phala-pramanam akhyatam
rsibhis tattva-darsibhir
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