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The Geography of the Puranas c10.55

The Geography of the Purāṇas c10.55

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c10.55

| | Purāṇic names of rivers | | | | | Present names | Notes |
| Mārk | Vy | Mts | Br | Others | | | |
| Godāvarī | S | Bhīma-rathi | S | S | | Godāvarī | |
| Bhīmarathā | S | Bhīma-rathi | S | Bhīma-rathi | | Bhīmā | |
| Kṛṣṇaveṇyā | S | Kṛṣṇa-veṇī | S | S | | Kṛṣṇa | |
| Veṇvā | S | Vaiṇī | O | Veṇu Viṇū, Viṇṇa | Veṇā, | Veṇā | Veṇā appears to be the correct reading. It is a headwater tributary of the Kṛṣṇa. It cannot be the Penner which does not rise from the Sahya Parvata. |
| Tuṅgabhadrā | S | | S | S | | Tuṅga-bhadra | |
| Suprayogā | S | | S | S | | Vedavatī (Hagari) | Easy to bathe in', i.e., shallow with low banks and free from floods and gravel. |
| Bāhyā | O | | S | O | Varada (Agni) | Varadā | The reading in Agni Purāṇa is correct. |
| Kāverī | S | | S | S | | Kāverī | |
| O | S | | Vañjulā | Vañjulā | | Mañjirā | |