Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1615

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O O. This sound signifies Brahmā. (Agni Purāṇa; Chapter 348). ODRA (M). An ancient province of India, Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 23 says that the King of this province had come to Dharmaputra with presents. OGHARATHA. Son of the King named Oghavān. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 38). OGHAVĀN I. Grandson of King Nṛga. He had a son named Ogharatha and a daughter named Oghavatī. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 2). OGHAVĀN II. A warrior on the side of the Kauravas. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 5, Verse 42). OGHAVATĪ I. There are seven Sarasvatī rivers in the world. These are Suprabhā, Kāñcanākṣī, Viśālā, Manoramā, Sarasvatī, Oghavatī and Sureṇu. In the Mahābhārata, Śalya Parva, Chapter 38 we find that Oghavatī was invoked and brought to Kurukṣetra. It was on the bank of this Oghavatī that Bhīṣma fell and lay on the Śaraśayyā. (Bed of arrows). (M.B. Śānti, Parva, Chapter 50, Verse 5). OGHAVATĪ II. Daughter of the King named Oghavān. Sudarśana, the son of Agni married her. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 2). OM. This sound is a combination of the three letters—A, U and M. The A—sound signifies Viṣṇu, the U—sound signifies Śiva and the M--sound signifies Brahmā.