Rivers in Ancient India (study)
by Archana Sarma | 2019 | 49,356 words
This page relates ‘List of rivers as found in the Puranas� 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.
12. List of rivers as found in the ʳܰṇas
Sl. No. | Rivers Names | Names of the ʳܰṇas with references |
1 | ԲԻ | ū ʳܰṇa, 46.29,3 |
2 | Գٲḥśīl | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.35 |
3 | ܻ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
4 | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 | |
5 | īٳī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.36 |
6 | | ū ʳܰṇa, 46.2 |
7 | Ի岵 | Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.75 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.28 վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.3.10 |
8 | 䲹ṇvī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
9 | 侱ٰū | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.32 |
10 | 䲹Ի岹 | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
11 | 侱ٰdzٱ貹 | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.33 |
12 | ٱ𱹾 | ū ʳܰṇa, 47. 29 |
13 | ٳūٲ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
14 | ṛṣ屹ī | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 10.71.22 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.74 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
15 | ٲśṇ� | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.32 |
16 | ٳܰ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.35 |
17 | Ҳṅg | Agni ʳܰṇa, 111.1-3;110.1,2,3,4,5,6 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.10.3&ch.,10 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 9.8.29 ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 3.56.40-45;3.56.46-48;3.56.48-51 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.24;7.14;29.5-8 岹 ʳܰṇa, 6.12,15,16,27,33,63,69;43.89-90;43.95,96;43.101-103;43.108;43.112 &ch.,16 Padma ʳܰṇa, 1.62.53-56;1.62.64,66,68,73,76 ʳܰṇa, ch., 47 |
18 | Ҵǻ岹ī | Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.66 |
Kurma ʳܰԲ, 47.36 | ||
19 | Ҵdzī | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 5.19.17,18;10.79.9,11; ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
20 | 屹ī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
21 | śī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
22 | ṛṣṇ� | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.36 |
23 | ṣīp | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.39 |
24 | Kuhu | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
25 | ṣṇԾ | Guruḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.65 |
26 | 屹ī | Guruḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.66 |
27 | ܻܳ屹ī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 |
28 | ṣi | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.39 |
29 | Lauhitam | Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.22;121.12; 163.65 |
30 | Lauhiti | ʳܰṇa, 47.11;69.241; 77.95 |
31 | Lauhitya | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 47.10,11 |
32 | dz | ṇḍ ʳܰṅa, 2.16.27 |
33 | dzī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.30 |
34 | ѲԲī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.32,34 |
35 | ѲԻ쾱ī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.32; 48.5,7 |
36 | Ѳṅjܱ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.33 |
37 | Ѳ岵ܰī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.35 |
38 | Ի岹 | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.28 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.25 |
39 | Ի | Guruḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.65 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 |
40 | Agni ʳܰṇa, 133 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.74;19.45 ū ʳܰṇa, ch.,40&41;47.32;42.34;42.39-41;47.32 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 185.10-12;185.53-55;190.17 岹 ʳܰṇa, 2.77 Padma ʳܰṇa, ch., 13 |
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41 | ʲṣṇī | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 5.19.18 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.16.32 ʳܰṇa, 45.102 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.65 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 |
42 | ʾś峦 | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.30 ʳܰṇa, 45.100 ū ʳܰṅa, 47.32 |
43 | ʰ峦 | Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.31 |
44 | ʰ徱 | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.37 |
45 | ʳṇḍ | Matsya ʳܰṇa, 122.73 |
46 | ʳṣp | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 12.8.17 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 5.97 |
47 | ʳṇyī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.37 |
48 | ʲśī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.39 |
49 | Ṛṣī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.39 |
50 | Ṛṣū | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.38 |
51 | Ṛtܳ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.37 |
52 | ī | Agni ʳܰṇa, 219.69-72 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.6.17-40 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.7.1-3 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.12.13-16 Brahmavaivarta Purāņa, 2.6.2, 12 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.6.2 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.6.3 Brahmavaivarta ʳܰṇa, 2.7.4 ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.12.13 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 5.19.18 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 3.22.27 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 3.21.6 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 3.4.3 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 7.2.3 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 5.19.18 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 9.16.23 ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 3.14-83 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.74 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 121.64-65 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 186.10-11 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 7.3 Mārkaṇḍeya ʳܰṇa, 23.30 |
Matsya ʳܰṇa, 22.22-23 Padma ʳܰṇa, 5.27.119 Padma ʳܰṇa, 5.27.119 Padma ʳܰṇa, 5.27.119 Skanda ʳܰṇa, 7.33.13-15 Skanda ʳܰṇa, 7.33.40-41 Skanda ʳܰṇa, 7.34.31 Skanda ʳܰṇa, 7.34.31 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 37.16-23 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.3 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.2; 37.29, 38 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.2 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.24; 34.6 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 42.9 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 37.31; 40.8 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.24 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.2 峾Բ ʳܰṇa, 32.24; 34.6 ʳܰṇa, 42.9 ʳܰṇa, 37.29 ʳܰṇa, 133.24 |
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53 | Sarayu | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.28 |
54 | śٲ | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 5.19.17 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.28 |
վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.3.10 | ||
55 | ŚԳپ | Brahma ʳܰṇa, 2.19.46 |
56 | ī | վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.4.11 |
57 | | ʳܰṇa, 44.17 |
58 | Sindhu | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 6.5.3 Brahmaṇḍa ʳܰṇa, 2.16.24,17 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.20;121.40 |
59 | Śپ | ʳܰṇa, 45.102 |
60 | ŚDzԲ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
61 | ṣu | ū ʳܰṇa, 46.29 |
62 | ܰ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
63 | ܰ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.32 |
64 | Śī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 |
65 | 峾ٲņī | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 4.28.35; 5.19.18;11.5.39;10.79.16 ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.36; 3 1324-7; 4.33.52 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 22.49; 114.30 ʳܰṇa, 77.24-5 վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.313 |
66 | ī | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 5.19.18 ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.32 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.27 վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.3.11 |
67 | ī | Guruḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.65 |
ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 | ||
68 | ī | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 10.79.20 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.65 վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.3.11 |
69 | հī | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.26,31 ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.19.19 վṣṇ ʳܰṇa, 2.11 ʳܰṇa, 49.93 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.30 |
70 | 峾ī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.32 |
71 | ղ貹ṇ� | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.37 |
72 | հ峾 | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.38 |
73 | ٱ貹屹ī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.39 |
74 | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.38 | |
75 | ղٲṇ� | Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 47.1-4 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 |
76 | 峾ǻ | ʳܰṇa, 43.30 |
77 | ղś | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.37 ʳܰṇa, 45.106 |
78 | ղ | ʳܰṇa, 101.243 |
79 | ղ | ʳܰṇa, 101.243 |
80 | ղṣmī | ʳܰṇa, 43.27 |
81 | ղṇiī | ʳܰṇa, 101.243 |
82 | ղ | ʳܰṇa, 101.243 |
83 | ղ | ʳܰṇa, 101.243 |
84 | ղṃsṇ� | ʳܰṇa, 47.39 |
85 | ղܳī | ʳܰṇa, 43.27 |
86 | ܱī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.33 |
87 | վԲ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.34 |
88 | վś | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 10.79.11 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
89 | վ | Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 10.17-20, 24,25, 26, 27 |
90 | ձņ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.36 |
91 | ղṭo岹 | 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 4.28.35 |
92 | ձ岹ṛt | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.30 |
93 | ձٰī | Guruḍa ʳܰṇa, 6.75 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
94 | վṣ� | Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.24 |
95 | վś | ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, 2.16.31 Matsya ʳܰṇa, 114.21 ʳܰṇa, 44.21 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.33 |
96 | վ | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.29 |
97 | վīṇa | ʳܰṇa, 44.17 |
98 | ձ岹ī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.30 |
99 | ṛaٲī | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.30 |
100 | ղṇāś� | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
101 | վ徱ś | ū ʳܰṇa, 47.31 |
102 | ۲ܲ | Agni ʳܰṇa, 111.3,4 岵ٲ ʳܰṇa, 3.1.24;4.2.35;5.19.18;9.2.1 9.6.39;10.3.50;10.15.47,48;10.11.36-43;10.39.38- 46;10.50.6,14;10.78.20 Ҳḍa ʳܰṇa, 21.2;6.24 ū ʳܰṇa, 47.28 ʳܰṇa, 4.13; 20.25; 45.95 |