The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.94

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Keśavatī—The Viṣhṇumatī river in Nepal, a tributary of the Bâgmatī (Wright’s Hist. of Nepal, pp. 81, 89). It forms four out of the fourteen great Tīrthas of Nepal by its junction with four rivers. The names of the four Tīrthas are Kâma, Nirmala, Akara, and Jugana. But according to the Svayambhu Purâṇa (ch. iv), its junction with the rivers Bimalâvatī, Bhadrânadī, Svarṇavatī, Pâpanâśinī, and Kanakavatī form the sacred Tirthas called Manoratha, Nirmala (or Triveṇī), Nidhana, Jñâna and Chintâmaṇi respectively.