Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s11.567

v1.c3.s11.567

Kuru-kṣetra (‘land of the Kurus’) is always regarded in the Brāhmaṇa texts¹ as a particularly sacred country. Within its boundaries flowed the rivers Dṛṣadvatī and Sarasvatī, as well as the Āpayā.² Here, too, was situated Śaryaṇāvant,³ which appears to have been a lake, like that known to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa by the name of Anyataḥ-plakṣā.⁴ According to Pischel, there was also in Kurukṣetra a stream called Pastyā,⁵ which he sees in certain passages of the Rigveda. The boundaries of Kurukṣetra are given in a passage of the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka⁶ as being Khāṇḍava on the south, the Tūrghna on the north, and the Pariṇah on the west. Roughly speaking, it corresponded to the modern Sirhind.