अश्वनदी

{ aśvanadī }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

AŚVANADĪ   A river in the country of Kuntibhoja. Aśvanadī joins Carmaṇvatī and the latter joins the Yamunā and the Yamunā joining Gaṅgā falls into the ocean. It was through this river that Kuntīdevī floated in a box the infant Karṇa. At night accompanied by her maid, Kunti floated the box containing her illegitimate son and stood on the banks of Aśvanadī weeping bitterly. Then thinking that her father would notice her absence from the palace she returned home soon. The box floated and reached the country, Campāpurī, ruled by a charioteer. [Ślokas 22 to 26, Chapter 308, Araṇya Parva, M.B.] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अश्व—नदी  f.  f. N. of a river, [MBh. iii, 17132.]

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अश्व नदी

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

noun  एका नदी ।   Ex. अश्वनद्याः उल्लेखः महाभारते अस्ति