India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c7.s3.15

c7.s3.15

Of the rivers of the Punjab, Pāṇini mentions Vipāś (Beās) and the wells dug on its north side (*Udak cha Vipāśaḥ*, IV.2.74). The northern wells were more stable as being on high and dry ground than those on the other side and the former were therefore distinguished by the peculiar accent on their names.