The Geography of the Puranas c10.47

c10.47

| Purāṇic names of rivers | | | | | Present names | Notes |
| Mārk | Vy | Mts | Br | Others | | |
| Soṇa | S | S | S | | Soṇa | It is obvious that none of these rivers rises from the Purāṇic Ṛkṣa Mt. (see Map). The Matsya Purāṇa very correctly omits them altogether. However, whenever these rivers are named, they are qualified by the expression ‘Suratha-Adri’ which means that (although they are mentioned in this list) they actually rise from or near about Amarkantak or (Suratha-Adri). |
| Mahānadā | S | S | S | Jyotiratha (Var.) | Mahānadī | |
| Narmadā | S | S | S | | Narmadā | |
| Mandākinī | S | S | S | | Mandākinī | |
| Daśārṇā | S | S | S | | Dhasan | |
| Citrakūṭā | S | S | S | | Citrakūṭā | |
| Tamasā | S | S | S | | Tons | All these rivers belong to the Bundelkhand Region. As they carry ‘coloured stones or gravel’, they are all qualified by the expression Citrotpalā which is added at the end of their list. |
| Pippalīśroṇī | S | -śyenī | S | | Paisunī | |
| Piśācikā | Piśābikā | O | S | | Pippala | |
| Karamodā | Kartoyā | O | Kartoyā | | Karam-nāśā | |