A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Carmanvati
This page describes Carmanvati which is located on page 404 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Carmanvati” according to 15 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Story of Carmanvati. A river in north India, now known as river Campa.General.King Shashabindu, who ruled northern India in olden days once performed a yajna. The skins (carmans) of animals killed in the yajna lay there in a heap like a hill. When rain fell there flowed from the skin-hill a river and it was called Carmanvati. (Devibhagavata, Prathama Skandha).Other details.(1) River Carmanvati serves Varuna in his assembly....
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Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
Meanwhile, the basket floated from the river Asva to the river Carmanvati, and from the Carmanvati it passed to the Yamuna, and so on to the Ganga. And carried by the waves of the Ganga, the child contained in the basket came to the city of Champa ruled by a person of the Suta tribe. Indeed, the excellent coat of mail and those ear-rings made of Amrita that were born with his body, as also the ordinance of Destiny, kept the child alive. "...
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The Brahma Purana [by G. P. Bhatt]
Badarikashrama, Lohakunda, Ashvatirtha that liberates one from all sins, Kamalaya, Kotitirtha, Amarakantaka, Lohargala, Jambumarga, Somatirtha, Prithudaka, Utpalavartaka, Prithutunga, Sukubjaka, Ekamraka, Kedara, Kashi, Viraja, Kalanjara, Gokarna, Shrishaila, Gandhamadana, Mahendra, Malaya, Vindhya, Pariyatra, Himalaya, Sahya, Shuktiman, Gomanta, Arbuda, Ganga, Tirthas on the bank of Yarauna, Sarasvati, Gomati, seven rivers Brahmaputra, Godavari, Bhimarathi, Tungabhadra, Narmada, Tapi, Payoshni, Kaveri, Kshipra, Carmanvati...
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