Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.834

v2.c4.834

3. Plakṣa Prā-sravaṇa is the name of a locality, forty-four days’ journey from the spot where the Sarasvatī disappears. It is mentioned in the Pañcavimśa Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa.² In the latter text it is said that the middle of the earth is only a span (Prādeśa) to the north of it. In the Rigveda Sūtras³ the locality is called Plakṣa Prasravaṇa, and is apparently meant to designate the source of the Sarasvatī rather than the place of its reappearance.