Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1447
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1447
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NARMADĀ I. A famous holy river of South India. This river which springs from Amarakantaka flows through the valley called Khambhāta and falls into the ocean.
1) Birth. This river which is considered to be a holy river was the rebirth of Tapaī the daughter of the Sun. (To know how Tapaī was reborn as Narmadā, see under Tapaī).