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2. Vy, Bmd—कौशिकी च तृतीया तु; Mts—कौशिकी तु तृतीया च. Pargiter suggests the emendation—कौशिकी करतौया तु or कौशिकी च त्रिस्रोतास्तु. The Kauśikī is no doubt, the modern Kosi which runs through Nepal and Tirhut and joins the Ganges below Patna; but originally the river seems to have passed through North Bengal to join the Brahmaputra. There is another Kosi (Kauśikī) which flows by Almora and Ramnagar in North-Western U. P. Tṛtīyā may be a mistake for Karatoyā the celebrated river of North Bengal. Niścīrā seems also to be a mistake for Trisrotas, the Sanskrit name of the Teestā in North Bengal. Agn (ch. 116, 7) seems to locate the rivers Tṛtīyā and Niścīrā in the Gayā region; but the evidence is doubtful, and, moreover, in that case, they cannot be associated with the Himalayas. Cf. infra, note 3.