Kashmir is a land steeped in ancient Vedic culture as seen in place names of its villages and place names of its lakes and as we shall see it has many beautiful mountains and peaks whose names express the language of Sanskrit.

 

'Mahadev' is a mountain peak named after 'Siva' the great ( maha ) god ( deva ) and part of a mountain range known as 'Zabarwan' a name from Sanskrit whose meaning may be the abode ( vana ) of nectar ( sabar ).

 

'Mahadev' is surrounded by the lakes of 'Tarsar' and 'Marsar' and 'Sundersar' all names from Sanskrit meaning the lake ( sara ) pass ( tara ) the killer ( mara ) lake ( sara ) and the beautiful ( sundara ) lake ( sara ).

 

 

'Brammah' is a mountain within the lands of Kashmir which is so named because it possesses four peaks just as the creator god 'Brahma' possesses four heads and three of these peaks are named 'Brammah one' 'Brammah two' and 'Arjuna'.

'Harmukh' is a sacred mountain as its the mountain of both 'Siva' and 'Parasuram' its name being the crown ( mukuta ) of siva ( hara ) a mountain surrounded by the rivers 'Kishanganga' 'Sindh' and 'Gangabal lake' all names from Sanskrit.

 

'Amarnath Peak' is a sacred mountain which possesses the 'Amarnath cave' where we find the shrine of 'Svayambhu lingam' and the name of this mountain is Lord Siva who is known as the immortal ( amara ) god ( natha ).

 

 

'Nanga Parbat' is the worlds ninth highest mountain and its name is from Sanskrit meaning naked ( nagna ) mountain ( parvata ) one which is bounded on one side by the river 'Indus' and on the other by the 'Brahmaputra'.

 

'Sivalik' is a mountain range in the lands of Kashmir and an obvious reference to 'Siva' and a mountain range which spreads some 1500 miles from the Indus river and eastwards to the Brahmaputra river, all Sanskrit names.

 

'Pir Panjal' is a mountain range within the lands of Kashmir named after 'Panchala' a great kingdom described within the ancient text of Mahabharata and its name is said to mean the deity ( pir ) of Panchala.

 

'Tatakooti' is a mountain within the lands of Kashmir whose name is distinguished by the word 'kuti' a word from the language of Sanskrit meaning 'mountain' and that leaves 'tata' which can also be found within Sanskrit meaning 'stretched' 'spreading' 'expanding'.

 

'Ganga Choti' is a mountain within the lands of Kashmir whose name is distinguished by 'Ganga' the name of the great river goddess of the Vedas and along with 'Mahadeva' 'Siva' and 'Brahma' its one of many Vedic gods whose names adorn the mountains of Kashmir.

 

"Of all the Rudras I am Lord Siva; of the Yaksas and Raksasas I am the lord of wealth ( Kuvera ) of the Vasus I am fire ( Agni ) and of the mountains I am Meru." Gita 10.23.