The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s10.20

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Lohitya—1 The river Brahmaputra (*Mbh*, Bhishma P, ch 9, *Raghuvamśa*, c IV, v 81, *Medinī*) For the birth of Lohitya, the son of Brahma, see *Kālikā P*, ch 82 Paraśurāma's axe fell from his hand when he bathed in this river owing to the sin of killing his mother According to Kalidāsa, the river was the boundary of Prāgjyotisha or Gauhati in Assam (*Raghuvamśa*, IV, v 81) For a description of the source of the Brahmaputra, see Sven Hedin's *Trans Himalaya*, vol II, ch 43