1 N. of a range of moun- tains which separates Hindustān proper from the Deccan or south; it is one of the seven Kulaparvatas q. v., and forms the southern limit of Madhyadeśa; see Ms. 2. 21. [According to a legend, the Vindhya mountain, being jealous of the mount Meru (or Himālaya) demanded that the sun should revolve round himself as about Meru, which the sun declined to do; whereupon the Vindhya began to rise...