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 Purāṇas
Sl. No. | Rivers Names | Names of the Purāṇas with references |
1 | Alakānandā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 46.29,3 |
2 | Antaḥśīlā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.35 |
3 | Bāhudā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
4 | Balākā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
5 | Bhīmarathī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.36 |
6 | Bhadrā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 46.2 |
7 | Chandrabhāga | Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.75 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.28 Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.3.10 |
8 | Carmaṇvatī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
9 | Citrakūtā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.32 |
10 | Candanā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
11 | Citrotpalā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.33 |
12 | Devikā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47. 29 |
13 | Dhūtapāpā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
14 | Dṛṣadvatī | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 10.71.22 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.74 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
15 | Daśārṇā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.32 |
16 | Durgā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.35 |
17 | Gaṅgā | Agni Purāṇa, 111.1-3;110.1,2,3,4,5,6 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.10.3&ch.,10 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 9.8.29 Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 3.56.40-45;3.56.46-48;3.56.48-51 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.24;7.14;29.5-8 Nārada Purāṇa, 6.12,15,16,27,33,63,69;43.89-90;43.95,96;43.101-103;43.108;43.112 &ch.,16 Padma Purāṇa, 1.62.53-56;1.62.64,66,68,73,76 Vāyu Purāṇa, ch., 47 |
18 | Godavarī | Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.66 |
Kurma Purāna, 47.36 | ||
19 | Gomatī | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 5.19.17,18;10.79.9,11; Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
20 | Irāvatī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
21 | Kauśikī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
22 | Kṛṣṇā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.36 |
23 | Kṣīprā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.39 |
24 | Kuhu | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
25 | Krṣṇavenikā | Guruḍa Purāṇa, 6.65 |
26 | Kāverī | Guruḍa Purāṇa, 6.66 |
27 | Kumudvatī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
28 | Kṣiprā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.39 |
29 | Lauhitam | Matsya Purāṇa, 114.22;121.12; 163.65 |
30 | Lauhiti | Vāyu Purāṇa, 47.11;69.241; 77.95 |
31 | Lauhitya | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 47.10,11 |
32 | Lohitā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṅa, 2.16.27 |
33 | Lohinī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.30 |
34 | Mahānadī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.32,34 |
35 | Mandākinī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.32; 48.5,7 |
36 | Maṅjulā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.33 |
37 | Mahāgaurī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.35 |
38 | Nandanā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.28 Matsya Purāṇa, 114.25 |
39 | Nirvindhyā | Guruḍa Purāṇa, 6.65 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
40 | Narmadā | Agni Purāṇa, 133 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.74;19.45 Kūrma Purāṇa, ch.,40&41;47.32;42.34;42.39-41;47.32 Matsya Purāṇa, 185.10-12;185.53-55;190.17 Nārada Purāṇa, 2.77 Padma Purāṇa, ch., 13 |
41 | Payoṣṇī | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 5.19.18 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.16.32 Vāyu Purāṇa, 45.102 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.65 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
42 | Piśācikā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.30 Vāyu Purāṇa, 45.100 Kūrma Purāṅa, 47.32 |
43 | Pribivācalā | Matsya Purāṇa, 114.31 |
44 | Pridivābalā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.37 |
45 | Puṇḍrā | Matsya Purāṇa, 122.73 |
46 | Puṣpabhadrā | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 12.8.17 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 5.97 |
47 | Puṇyavatī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.37 |
48 | Palāśinī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.39 |
49 | Ṛṣīkā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.39 |
50 | Ṛṣikūlyā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.38 |
51 | Ṛtumālā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.37 |
52 | Sarasvatī | Agni Purāṇa, 219.69-72 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.6.17-40 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.7.1-3 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.12.13-16 Brahmavaivarta Purāņa, 2.6.2, 12 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.6.2 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.6.3 Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, 2.7.4 Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.12.13 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 5.19.18 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 3.22.27 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 3.21.6 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 3.4.3 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 7.2.3 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 5.19.18 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 9.16.23 Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 3.14-83 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.74 Matsya Purāṇa, 121.64-65 Matsya Purāṇa, 186.10-11 Matsya Purāṇa, 7.3 Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, 23.30 |
Matsya Purāṇa, 22.22-23 Padma Purāṇa, 5.27.119 Padma Purāṇa, 5.27.119 Padma Purāṇa, 5.27.119 Skanda Purāṇa, 7.33.13-15 Skanda Purāṇa, 7.33.40-41 Skanda Purāṇa, 7.34.31 Skanda Purāṇa, 7.34.31 Vāmana Purāṇa, 37.16-23 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.3 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.2; 37.29, 38 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.2 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.24; 34.6 Vāmana Purāṇa, 42.9 Vāmana Purāṇa, 37.31; 40.8 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.24 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.2 Vāmana Purāṇa, 32.24; 34.6 Vāyu Purāṇa, 42.9 Vāyu Purāṇa, 37.29 Vāyu Purāṇa, 133.24 |
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53 | Sarayu | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.28 |
54 | śatadru | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 5.19.17 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.28 |
Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.3.10 | ||
55 | Śānti | Brahma Purāṇa, 2.19.46 |
56 | Sikhī | Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.4.11 |
57 | Sikhimālā | Vāyu Purāṇa, 44.17 |
58 | Sindhu | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 6.5.3 Brahmaṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.24,17 Matsya Purāṇa, 114.20;121.40 |
59 | Śitibāhu | Vāyu Purāṇa, 45.102 |
60 | Śona | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
61 | Sacakṣu | Kūrma Purāṇa, 46.29 |
62 | Surā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
63 | Surasā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.32 |
64 | Śīghradā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
65 | Tāmratarņī | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 4.28.35; 5.19.18;11.5.39;10.79.16 Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.36; 3 1324-7; 4.33.52 Matsya Purāṇa, 22.49; 114.30 Vāyu Purāṇa, 77.24-5 Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.313 |
66 | Tātī | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 5.19.18 Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.32 Matsya Purāṇa, 114.27 Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.3.11 |
67 | Tāpī | Guruḍa Purāṇa, 6.65 |
Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 | ||
68 | Tāptī | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 10.79.20 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 6.65 Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.3.11 |
69 | Tridīvā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.26,31 Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.19.19 Viṣṇu Purāṇa, 2.11 Vāyu Purāṇa, 49.93 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.30 |
70 | Tāmasī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.32 |
71 | Tamraparṇī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.37 |
72 | Trisāmā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.38 |
73 | Utpalāvatī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.39 |
74 | Vālā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.38 |
75 | Vaitaraṇī | Garuḍa Purāṇa, 47.1-4 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
76 | Vāmodā | Vāyu Purāṇa, 43.30 |
77 | Vamśadharā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.37 Vāyu Purāṇa, 45.106 |
78 | Varadā | Vāyu Purāṇa, 101.243 |
79 | Varamā | Vāyu Purāṇa, 101.243 |
80 | Vapuṣmatī | Vāyu Purāṇa, 43.27 |
81 | Varavarṇinī | Vāyu Purāṇa, 101.243 |
82 | Varā | Vāyu Purāṇa, 101.243 |
83 | Varabhadrā | Vāyu Purāṇa, 101.243 |
84 | Vaṃsadhāriṇī | Vāyu Purāṇa, 47.39 |
85 | Vasumatī | Vāyu Purāṇa, 43.27 |
86 | Vāluvāhinī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.33 |
87 | Vinnā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.34 |
88 | Vipāśa | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 10.79.11 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
89 | Virajā | Garuḍa Purāṇa, 10.17-20, 24,25, 26, 27 |
90 | Veņā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.36 |
91 | Vaṭodakā | Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 4.28.35 |
92 | Vedasmṛti | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.30 |
93 | Vetravatī | Guruḍa Purāṇa, 6.75 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
94 | Viduṣā | Matsya Purāṇa, 114.24 |
95 | Viśālā | Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 2.16.31 Matsya Purāṇa, 114.21 Vāyu Purāṇa, 44.21 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.33 |
96 | Vitāstā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.29 |
97 | Vikīrṇa | Vāyu Purāṇa, 44.17 |
98 | Vedavatī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.30 |
99 | Vṛataghnī | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.30 |
100 | Varṇāśā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
101 | Vidiśā | Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.31 |
102 | Yamunā | Agni Purāṇa, 111.3,4 Bhāgavata Purāṇa, 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 Garuḍa Purāṇa, 21.2;6.24 Kūrma Purāṇa, 47.28 Vāyu Purāṇa, 4.13; 20.25; 45.95 |