Medini
(Sk.)
The earth; so‐called from the marrow (medas) of two demons. These monsters springing from the ear of the sleeping Vishnu, were preparing to kill Brahmâ who was lying on the lotus which grows from Vishnu’s navel, when the god of Preservation awoke and killed them. Their bodies being thrown into the sea produced such a quantity of fat and marrow that Nârâyana used it to form the earth with (TG).
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Shortly: The earth; so‐called from the marrow (medas) of two demons. These monsters springing from the ea...