Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.785

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ŚAILODA. A river flowing between the two mountains, Meru and Mandara. Arjuna conquered and subdued the low class people who inhabited the valley of this river. A low-class people known as "Khasas" used to live on the banks of this river under the shade of the dense growth of bamboo trees. These low class people had brought presents of gold for Yudhiṣṭhira's Rājasūya. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52, Verse 2).