Kailasa

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Kailasa is the mythic Himalayan mountain realm revered in Hindu tradition as the celestial residence of Lord Shiva and his divine retinue.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kailasa canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious concept ⓘ
mythological place ⓘ
sacred mountain ⓘ
accessMode spiritual realization rather than physical travel ⓘ
associatedConcept Mount Meru ⓘ
associatedDeity Ganesha ⓘ
Kartikeya ⓘ
Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Goddess Gauri
associatedPractice Shaiva tantra ⓘ
yoga ⓘ
associatedWith Himalayan sacred geography ⓘ
Nandi ⓘ
cosmic dance of Shiva ⓘ
linked to: Tandava
cosmicFunction abode of ascetics and sages ⓘ
place of meditation for Shiva ⓘ
culturalSignificance ideal of renunciation ⓘ
ideal of yogic perfection ⓘ
describedAs celestial abode ⓘ
mountain realm ⓘ
epithetOfShiva Kailasanatha ⓘ
linked to: Shankara
hasAspect crystal mountain ⓘ
snow-clad peaks ⓘ
influenced naming of many Kailasanathar temples ⓘ
inhabitedBy Shiva’s ganas ⓘ
divine beings ⓘ
locatedInNarrative Himalayas ⓘ
mentionedIn Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
Shiva Purana ⓘ
Skanda Purana ⓘ
primaryDeity Shiva ⓘ
realmType divine mountain realm ⓘ
relatedButDistinctFrom Mount Kailash (physical mountain in Tibet) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Kailash
religion Hinduism ⓘ
roleInMythology center of Shaiva cosmology ⓘ
residence of Shiva ⓘ
symbolizes axis between heaven and earth ⓘ
spiritual elevation ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
tradition Shaivism ⓘ
veneratedBy Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Hinduism

many Shaivite sects ⓘ
worshipPractices pilgrimage in imagination and meditation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kartikeya → abode → Kailasa ⓘ
Nandi → guardianOf → Kailasa ⓘ
Nandikeshvara → abode → Kailasa ⓘ
Hindu mythology → hasCosmology → Kailasa ⓘ
Mahadeva → abode → Kailasa ⓘ
Naandi → guardianOf → Kailasa ⓘ