The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.260

c5.s2.260

Charitrapura—Puri in Orissa (Cunningham’s Anc. Geo., p. 510; R. W. C., II, Charmanvati—The river Chambal in Rajputana. It has its source in a very elev point of the Vindhya amongst a cluster of hills called Janapava. It has 1 co-equal sources from the same cluster, the Chambal, Chambela and Gambhîrâ. The is said to have been formed by the “juice of skin” (blood) of the cows sacrificed a Yajña of Rantideva (Mbh., Droṇa P., ch. 67; Meghadûta, Pt. I, v. 46).