History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.912

v5.c75.912

Sarasvatī, see under 'Sindhu', described in some purāṇas as springing from Plakṣa tree, as flowing through Kurukṣetra and Dvaitavana 556n, 686, Alberuni's account of another S that falls into the sea near Somanātha 686, description of in the Ṛgveda 556-557, disappeared in the desert sands in the times of the Brāhmaṇa texts 557, following the course of, from the sea to its source was an expiation 93, has a two-fold character as a river and as a divinity 198n, is now identified with Sarsutī which is lost in the desert sands near Bhatnair 557, question whether S is the same as Sindhu discussed 556n, seven Sarasvatīs that encompass the world 686, seven very holy rivers connected with S. 686; the dīkṣā of the Sārasvata sattras was to be performed on the south bank of the dry bed of S. 557, three hymns are addressed to S. as a deity in the Ṛgveda 556, Vāj S. says that five rivers fall into the S 557