AŚVAKṚTA . A river. Once a sage called Rcīka went to Gādhi and asked for the hand of his daughter, Satya- vatī, in marriage. He demanded as dowry a thousand horses black in colour and with only one ear for each. Ṛcīka prayed to Varuṇa and he gave him the horses required. The river Aśvakṛta (created by horse) was made by the flow of urine from these horses. (Chapter 57, Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa).