aśvanadī

aśvanadī f. N. of a river.

aśva—nadī f. N. of a river, MBh. iii, 17132.

aśvanadī (a° + na°) f. N. pr. eines Flusses MBH. 3, 17132. LIA. I, 560.

aśvanadī f. N.pr. eines Flusses.

Aśvanadī, a river (tributary to Carmaṇvatī and through it

to Yamunā) upon which Pṛthā set the new-born Karṇa in

a chest. § 547 (Karṇa): III, 308, 17132, 17134, 17147,

17150.

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 illegiti-

mate 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.).

Aśvanadī f.: Name of a river.

Kuntī placed the newly born Karṇa in

a basket covered with wax (mañjūṣāyām …

madhūcchiṣṭasthitāyām) and released it

in the river Aśvanadī 3. 292. 7, 9, 22, 25

(from where it went to the river Carmaṇvatī,

Yamunā and finally to Gaṅgā).