पयोष्णी

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

PAYOṢṆĪ   A holy river. This river starts from the Vindhya mountains and flows to the west. Nala and Damayantī walked through the banks of this river. [Chapter 61, Vana Parva] . Those who bathe in this river will get the benefit of doing a thousand godānas (gifts of cows). There is a sacred place on the shores of this river called Varāhatīrtha. King Nṛga performed a Yāga at this place at which Indra came and had Somapāna and the brahmins received dakṣiṇā (fees) and got drunk. [Chapters 88 and 121, Vana Parva] . Even the mere contact of water-drops of Payoṣṇī river would absolve one of all sins. The musical instrument Śṛṅga of Śiva is in this river. Dharmaputra once came to this river and stayed there for some time drinking its water. [Chapter 120, Vana Parva] . On another occasion Gaya son of King Amūrtarayas conducted seven aśvamedhas at this place and pleased Indra. [Chapter 21, Anuśāsana Parva] .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पयोष्णी  f.  f. ( [MBh.]; [Var.]; [Pur.]) N. of a river rising in the विन्ध्य mountain

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पयोष्णी [payōṣṇī]  N. N. of a river rising in the Vindhya mountain (identified by some with the modern Tāptī river, but more correctly with Purṇā, a feeder of that river).-Comp.
-जाता (पयोष्णी जाता यस्याः सा)   an epithet of the river Sarasvatī.

Shabda-Sagara

पयोष्णी  f.  ( -ष्णी) A river that rises in the Vindhya mountain. The Narmadā according to some, the Tapti according to others.