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

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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
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

Last Updated: 10 October, 2022