Varavatya
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Varavatya (वारवत्या) is name of a river mentioned in Mahabharata probably identified with Rapti River. Manju-Shri-Mula-Kalpa had described Varavatyas as Yadavas.
Origin
Variants
In Mahabharata
Varavatya वारवत्या (River) mentioned in Mahabharata (2-9-26a)
Sabha Parva, Mahabharata/Book II Chapter 9 mentions the Kings Oceans and the Rivers who attended Sabha of Varuna. Varavatya वारवत्या (River) is mentioned in Mahabharata (2-9-26a). [1]
History
K.P. Jayaswal [2] writes....The Varavatyas were Yadavas as mentioned at p. 604 (verse 324) Yātavā Vārayatyāś (cha) . The Varavatyas seem to be noted in the Paikuli Sassanian inscription in Asuristan in the form of Boraspacin whose chief was Mitra al-Sen in 294 A.D. (JJBORS., XIX) . It is noted in the AMMK that from the sea the Valabhi (Kathiawar) people used to cross over to Sura, which refers to their trade ventures to and regular commerce with Assyria. The port Śūrapāraka (Sopārā) acquired that name for being the port of embarkation for Assyria.
वारवत्या
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है .....वारवत्या (AS, p.844): वारवत्या एक प्राचीन नदी का नाम है, जिसका उल्लेख महाभारत, सभापर्व में हुआ है- 'सरयूर्वारवत्याथ लांगली च सरिद्वरा, करतोया तथात्रेयी लौहित्यश्च महानदः।' महाभारत, सभापर्व 10, 12 प्रसंगानुसार, वारवती वर्तमान राप्ती जान पड़ती है। राप्ती को सामान्यतः 'इरावती' का अपभ्रंश कहा जाता है। संभव है कि इसका शुद्ध नाम 'वारवत्या' या 'वारवती' ही हो।
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References
- ↑ सरयूर्वारवत्याऽथ लाङ्गली च सरिद्वरा। (2-9-26a)
- ↑ An Imperial History Of India/Provincial History of Lāḍa Sea-coast (Kachh-Sindh),p.25
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.844