[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.s9.196 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.196 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s9.196 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.196) Sapta Sindhavaḥ, ‘the seven rivers,’ occur only once in the Rigveda as the designation of a definite country,¹ while elsewhere² the seven rivers themselves are meant. Max Müller³ thinks that the five streams of the Panjab, with the Indus and the Sarasvatī, are intended; others⁴ hold that the Kubhā should be substituted for the Sarasvatī, or that perhaps the Oxus⁵ must originally have been one of the seven. Zimmer⁶ is probably right in laying no stress at all on any identifications; ‘seven’ being one of the favourite numbers in the Rigveda and later. - [Previous: v2.c4.s9.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.195) - [Next: v2.c4.s9.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.197) - [Up: v2.c4.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s9.196) · Pramāṇa