Jarhbu-dvipa ( contd.) - Verse 4-6

They are beautified by hedges, caves, rivers and rivulets. They have many ridges like huge mansions shinmg with flowers. Their sides are beautified by minerals. Their flanks are decorated by clusters of flowers. Their peaks are golden brown. Many streams flow over them. All these mountains are richly decorated with gems. There are inimitable bowers with hundreds of birds resorting to them. Lions, tigers, Sarahhas (a mythological eightfooted animal) , Camari deer and elephants live there. They ( boundary mountains) are bounded by mountain (ranges) of various shapes and colours. is recording his hearsay information—social memory. Modern geographers try to identify the mountains, rivers etc., in Puranas, many times without success. 246 Vayu Parana