विन्ध्य [ vindhya ] [ vindhya ] m. (of doubtful derivation) N. of a low range of hills connecting the Northern extremities of the Western and Eastern Ghauts , and separating Hindūstān proper from the Dekhan (the Vindhya range is reckoned among the seven principal ranges of Bhārata-varsha ( see [ kulagiri ] , p. 294 , col. 3 ) , and according to Lit. Manu ii , 21 , forms the Southern limit of Madhya-deśa or the middle region ; according to a legend related in Lit. MBh. iii , 8782 , the personified Vindhya , jealous of Himâlaya , demanded that the sun should revolve round him in the same way as about Meru , which the sun declining to do , the Vindhya then began to elevate himself that he might bar the progress of both sun and moon ; the gods alarmed , asked the aid of the saint Agastya , who approached the Vindhya and requested that by bending down he would afford him an easy passage to the South country , begging at the same time that he would retain a low position till his return ; this he promised to do , but Agastya never returned , and the Vindhya range consequently never attained the elevation of the Himâlaya) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

N. of a prince Lit. HPariś.

a hunter Lit. L.

[ vindhyā ] f. Averrhoa Acida Lit. L.

small cardamoms Lit. L.