[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) › v2.c4.s7.144 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.144 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.144 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.144) Varaṇāvatī is found in one passage of the Atharvaveda.¹ It seems to be, as Roth² thought, the name of a stream, and is regarded by Ludwig³ as the Ganges. Bloomfield,⁴ while considering that a plant may, as Sāyaṇa thinks, be meant, yet regards a reference to a river as probable. Cf. Kāśī. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.143) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.145) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.144) · Pramāṇa