Rivers in Ancient India (study)
by Archana Sarma | 2019 | 49,356 words
This page relates 鈥�5c. Image of Ganga鈥� of the study on the rivers in ancient India as reflected in the Vedic and Puranic texts. These pages dicsusses the elements of nature and the importance of rivers (Nadi) in Vedic and Puranic society. Distinctive traits of rivers are investigated from descriptions found in the Vedas (Samhitas), Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads and Puranas. The research is concluded by showing changing trends of rivers from ancient to modern times.
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5c. Image of 骋补峁単腻
According to 狈腻谤补诲补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, 骋补峁単腻 has four arms. Her eyes are beautiful and she has the radiance of ten thousand moons. She is being fanned with cowries. A white umbrella above her head embellishes her. She is delighted but her innermost heart melts with pity. It is said that 骋补峁単腻 is ready to grant boons. With nectarine juice, 骋补峁単腻 has flooded the surface of the earth. 骋补峁単腻 is praised by the devas and others. She is adorned with divine jewels and she has divine garlands and unguents.[1]
According to 叠谤补丑尘补惫补颈惫补谤迟补辫耻谤腻峁嘺, in the earlier times 骋补峁単腻 was present in Goloka in the form of water and this 骋补峁単腻 had emerged from the bodies of 搁腻诲丑腻 and 碍峁涐梗峁嘺.[2] The 骋补峁単腻 happens to be the goddess of water and she took to different forms on earth. 骋补峁単腻 was adorned with different types of gems studded ornaments.[3] 骋补峁単腻 was very beautiful and her face was like the lotus flower of winter season. 骋补峁単腻 was youthful and adorned with gem-studded ornaments. Her complexion resembled the molten gold and the moon of winter season was no consequence before her lustre.[4] She had a thick glow over her body and this was her pure 厂腻迟迟惫颈办补 form. Both the eyes looked charming with curly eye-brows. She had the curly locks of hair and wore a garland of jasmine flowers. She had a spot of red vermilion over the forehead surrounded by spots of Sandal-paste. Her cheeks were decorated with paintings with 办补蝉迟奴谤墨, the lower lip resembled the beauty of the blossomed flowers of lotus at the noon. The teeth were quite beautiful and were shinning like the seeds of pomegranate. She was clad in beautiful divine garments.[5]
According to 骋补谤耻岣峚辫耻谤腻峁嘺, she is as white in complexion as the rays of the moon. Her eyes resemble those of the fish.[6] 骋补峁単腻, white in colour rests on makaramatsya (a variety of fish), holding in her hands a pot and lotus flowers.[7]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
N膩rad墨ya 笔耻谤腻峁嘺, 43. 49-51
[2]:
辫耻谤腻 babh奴va goloka s膩 ga峁単膩 dravar奴pi峁嚹� | r膩dh膩k峁涐梗峁嚹佱箙gasa峁僢h奴t膩 tada峁兣浤� tatsvar奴pi峁嚹� || Brahmavaivarta 笔耻谤腻峁嘺, 2.11.7
[3]:
drav膩dhi峁ａ弓h膩t峁況奴p膩 y膩 r奴pe峁嚹乸ratim膩 bhubi | navayovanasa峁僷ann膩 ratn膩bhara峁嘺bh奴峁ta || Ibid., 2.11.8
[4]:
艣补谤补峁噈补诲丑测腻丑苍补辫补诲尘腻蝉测腻 sasmita sumanohar膩 | taptak膩帽canavar峁嚹乥h膩 艣araccandrasamaprabh膩 || Ibid., 2.11.9
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[6]:
tadudaramativeg膩tsampravi艣y膩vaha峁僼墨峁� jagadadhatati峁僪atu 鈥︹�adakimjalka艣udhd膩m || nikhilamalniha峁僼r墨 dar艣n膩tspar艣n膩cca sak峁沝avagahan膩dv膩 vaktib膩峁� vi峁ａ箛p膩de || 艣ikaravaragaur膩峁� m墨nanetr膩峁� sup奴jy膩峁� smarati haripdoth膩峁� mok峁eti kramme峁嘺 || || Garu岣峚 笔耻谤腻峁嘺,29.7 (Brahma 碍丑腻峁囜笉补)
[7]:
pust膩k峁m膩lik膩hast膩 v墨n膩hast膩 蝉补谤补蝉惫补迟墨 | kumbh膩bjahast膩 艣vet膩bh膩 makaropari 箩腻丑苍补惫墨 || Agni 笔耻谤腻峁嘺, 50.16