Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.150

c7.s1.150

It is the river Vaitaraṇī in Orissa and is mentioned in the Mahābhārata (Vana P. Chap. 113) as being situated in Kaliṅga. It is again identified with the river Dantura which rises near Nāsik and is in the north of Bassein. This sacred river is said to have been brought down to the earth by Parasurāma (Padma and Matsya Purāṇas). According to the Mahābhārata (Vana P. Chap. 83) it is a river in Kurukshetra. It is further identified with a river in Gharwal on the road between Kedara and Badrinātha.