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# Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.41

Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.41

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### [c5.s3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1967.c5.s3.41)

According to some, the following names occur in stanzas 7-8 of the hymn—(1) Ṛjitī, (2) Enī, (3) Ruśatī, (4) Citrā, (5) Ūrṇāvatī, (6) Hiraṇmayī and (7) Śilamāvatī.⁹¹ Scholars have further traced the names of the following rivers in the Ṛgveda—(1) Añjasī, (2) Amśumatī, (3) Aśmanvatī, (4) Kulīśī and (5) Virapatnī.⁹²

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## Cites (1)

- [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit

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