The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.58

c5.s9.58

Karmanasa—1 The cursed river, the water of which is considered by the Hindus to be polluted, being associated with the sins of Trisanku, the protege of Rishi Visvamitra (Vayu P, ch 88, v 113) The river is on the western limit of the district of Shahabad in the former province of Bengal and forms the boundary of Bihar and the United Provinces It issues from a spring situated in a village called Sarodak (Martin's Eastern India, vol I p 400) 2 A small rill in Baidyanatha (see Chitabhumi)