Description of Bharatavarsa - Verse 108

Vayu Purana (G. V. Tagare English translation) · 45 · Verse 108

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All of them are sacred like Sarasvati. All of them flowing into theseaare (holy like) Ganga. These are the mothers of the world and are declared as removers of the sins of the world . Tapi (Tapti or Tapi), Payosni ( Pain-ganga—De, p. 150), Nirvindhya between Ujjain and Vetravati (in Meghaduta) (mod. Newuj), Nisadha (Sind, on this Narwar, the capital of Nisadhas was located). Venya ; ( Van-ganga), Vaitaranl (Baitarani), Kumudvati (Suvarnarekha), Toya (Brahmani), Mahagauri (Damodara). Durgd (difficult to cross) and anta-tila (full of rocks) are probably the adjectives of that wild river—AGP 120-121. Most of the rivers are known by their old names with a few modifications such as Bhimarathi (Bhlma), Krsna-vaini (also in inscriptions for mod. Krsna), Vangula (Manjira), Suprayoga (Vedavatl).

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