Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.409

c8.409

*Mahāvastu*, Vol. II, p. 123). The *Lalitavistara* describes it as a river with the banks adorned with trees and shrubs. According to Pali scholiasts the name Nerañjarā signifies a stream of faultless water (*Nelā-jalā*) or one of bluish water (*nīla-jalā*). For further details vide B. M. Barua, *Gayā and Buddha-Gayā*, pp. 5, 103-4, etc.