Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.836

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.836

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c7.836

IKṢUMATĪ. A river. It flows near Kurukṣetra. The nāgas, Takṣaka and Aśvasena lived in this river. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 3, Verse 138). Kuśadhvaja, brother of the King of Mithilā used to live in the Ikṣumatī river valley, (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kāṇḍa, 7th Sarga, Verse 2). There is a reference to this river in Kathāsaritsāgara, Madanamañcukālāmbaka, 2nd taraṅga also.

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit
Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit