Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.440

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Mahānaī (Mahānadī) Big rivers of Jambuddiva¹ and other continents upto Pukkharaddhadīva.² Rohiā, Rohiamsā, Harikaṃtā, Hari, Sioā,³ Gaṃgā and Siṃdhu(1) are such rivers which fall to the south of mount Maṃdara(3) whereas Siā, Nārikaṃtā, Narakaṃtā, Ruppakūlā, Suvaṇṇakūlā, Rattā and Rattāvaī² fall to the north of Maṃdara.³ Other big rivers are Jauṇā, Saraū, Ādi, Kosī and Mahī; Sataddu, Vibhāsā, Vitatthā, Erāvai and Caṃdabhāgā; Kiṇhā, Mahākiṇhā, Nīlā, Mahānīlā, Mahātīrā; and Imdā, Imdaseṇā, Suseṇā, Vāriseṇā and Mahābhoyā which merge into Gaṃgā, Siṃdhu(1), Rattā and Rattavaī respectively.⁴ Monks and nuns were not permitted to cross, more than once a month, the big rivers like Gaṃgā, Jauṇā, Saraū, Erāvai⁵ Kosiyā⁶ and Mahī. This restriction did not bind on them on the following emergencies : terror (from a king or an enemy), famine, on being flown into water (by somebody), flood, and (being disturbed by) Anāriyas.⁷