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Dvyāśra yakávya (Prāñcaḥ) D.C. Sircarl has quoted a traditional verse found in the Kāśikā.
Sona (V. 121). According to the version of the Purāņas, the Soņa river springs from the Rkşapāda mountaino.
Syabhravati (VI.45). According to D.C. Sircar, Švabhravati is the same as Sābaramati river
Siprā (XIV.27). According to Abhayatilakagaại, the river Siprā flows near the city Ujjainī4. In the opinion of D.C. Sircar, this river passes by the ancient city of Ujjaini. The reading of the other name and its identification are uncertain."
Sindhu (1.68). The river Sindhu is said to be a boundary of the aministration of Mūlarāja.
A description of the river Sindhu is found in the Dvyäśrayakāvya. This river is same as the river Indus.?
Sarasvati (XI.45). Accordidg to the Dvyāśrayakävya, the Sarasvati river was inhabited by the Rākşasas. Sarasvati is called a divine river also (Brāhminadi XI.115; XIII.14). D.C. Sircar has mentioned a river Sarasvati in Gujarat also and has quoted Kāvyamimāṁsā to support it.
1. Sircar, D.C. op. cit., p. 210.
प्रागुदञ्चौ विभजते हंसः क्षीरोदके यथा ।
विदुषां शब्दसिध्यर्थ सा न: पातु शरावती । 2. ibid, pp.47-49. 3. DV. XIX. 27. 4. Foar, D.C. op. cit., p.50. pote 3. 5. DV. V111.74 ff. 6. Sircar, DC. op. cit; p.232. 7. ibid., p.294. 8. ibid., p.57, n.5. Also cf. Kāvyamimāṁsā of Rājasekhara, G.O.S.pp.94.
पश्चाद्देशः सरस्वतीभ्रवतीवार्तघ्नीमहीहिडिम्बाधा नद्यः । .
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