Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s10.35

v2.c4.s10.35

Hari-yūpīyā is mentioned in a hymn of the Rigveda¹ as the scene of the defeat of the Vṛcīvants by Abhyāvartin Cāyamana. It may denote either a place or a river, since many battles seem to have been fought on the banks of rivers. Ludwig² took it as the name of a town on the river Yavyāvatī, which is identified with it in Sāyaṇa’s commentary on the passage. Hillebrandt³ thinks that it is the river Iryāb (Haliāb), a tributary of the Kurum (Krumu), but this is not at all probable.