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One of the seven ranges of mountains
round Sineru It is the abode of deva kings and of devas and yakkhas (SnA.ii.443;
Sp.i.119; Dvy.217). It is higher than Karavīka, and between these two is a
Sīdantara-samudda; next to Īsadhara and higher than it is
Yugandhara, and
between them is another Sidantara-samudda (J.vi.125).
The Mahāvastu (ii.300) calls it
Isāndhara (suggesting its probable etymology).

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