[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1255 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1255 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1255 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1255) NARMADĀ. The Nerbudda river, which is esteemed holy. The personified river is variously represented as being daughter of a Rishi named Mekala (from whom she is called Mekalā and Mekala-kanyā), as a daughter of the moon, as a ‘mind-born daughter’ of the Somapas, and as sister of the Nāgas. It was she who brought Purukutsa to the aid of the Nāgas against the Gandharvas, and the grateful snake-gods made her name a charm against the venom of snakes. According to the Vishnu Purāna, she had a son by Purukutsa who was named Trasadasyu. The Matsya Purāna gives Duh-saha as the name of her husband. The Hari-vansa is inconsistent with itself. In one place it makes her wife of Purukutsa and mother of Trasadasyu; in another it makes her the wife of Trasadasyu. She is also called Revā and Pūrvā-gangā, and, as a daughter of the moon, Indu-jā and Somodbhavā. - [Previous: c5.1254](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1254) - [Next: c5.1256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1256) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (3) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1255) · Pramāṇa