The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s11.64

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Māhī—1. The river Māhī in Malwa (Mārkaṇḍeya P., ch 57). Near its mouth Andhaka, a daitya, was killed by Śiva in a cavern (Śiva P., I, chs 38, 43). 2. The river Māhī, a tributary of the Gandak (Sutta nipāta, I, 2: Dhaniyasutta, Trenckner's Milinda Pañha, p. 114, *SBE.*, XXXV, p. 171). It rises in the Himalaya and flows into the Great Gandak about half a mile above its junction with the Ganges, but practically into the Ganges near Sonpur (*Statistical Account of Bengal*, vol. XI (1877), p. 358 ; *JRAS.*, 1907, p. 45].