[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s1.120 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.120 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s1.120 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.120) Āpayā is the name of a river mentioned once only in the Rigveda,¹ when it occurs between the Dṛṣadvatī and the Sarasvatī. Ludwig² was inclined to identify it with the Āpagā as a name for the Ganges, but Zimmer³ correctly places it near the Sarasvatī, either as the small tributary which flows past Thānesar or the modern Indramatī farther west, while Pischel⁴ assigns it to Kurukṣetra, of which the Āpayā is mentioned as a famous river in the Mahābhārata.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.119) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.121) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.120) · Pramāṇa