Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c7.s1.4

c7.s1.4

1. The following line is omitted in Krm. A little independence as regards the order of enumeration of the rivers issuing from the Himavat (Himālaya) is noticed in Mk and, to a greater degree with deliberate omissions and commissions, in Vmn. Mk has गङ्गा सरस्वती सिन्धुश्चन्द्रभागा तथा परा । यमुना च शतद्रुश्च वितस्तेरावती कुहुः ॥ गोमती धूतपापा (c-धृत०) च बाहुदा (d-ब०) सदृशद्रती (d-च०) । विपाशा (b-सा०) देविका रङ्क्षुर्निश्शीरा गण्डकी तथा ॥ कौशिकी चापगा विप्र हिमवत्पादानिःसृताः ॥ Vmn has—सरस्वती पञ्चरूपा कालिन्दी च हिरण्वती । शतद्रुश्चन्द्रिका नीला वितस्तेरावती कुहुः ॥ मधुरा हाररावी च उशीरा बातुकी (b-०त०) रसा । गोमती धूतपापा च बाहुदा सा दृषद्वती ॥ निःस्वरा गण्डकी चित्रा कौशिकी तु वधुसरा । सरयूश्च सलोहित्या (b-०लौ०) हिमवत्-पादनिःसृताः ॥ Most of the Himalayan rivers are noticed by Al-Bīrūnī. Vide *infra*, p. 43, note 2. Though he speaks of both Vy and Mts, possibly the names were quoted by him from the latter work with an amount of misunderstanding and confusion.