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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 9, col. 1.
    accho f. N. of a river

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 27.
    Acchodā (I) — the mind-born daughter of Barhiṣada

    pitṛs. After her name was the Acchoda lake. Without

    finding her own Pitṛs, she took as her Pitṛ, another (Amā-

    vasu) and consequently lost her yogic powers. Then seeing

    her Pitṛs in the form of Trasareṇu, she prayed to them for

    succour. They said that she would be born on the earth

    on the 28th Dvāpara as the daughter of Matsya and marry

    Śantanu and be mother of two seers — Vicitravīrya as well

    as of king Citrāṅgada. Afterwards she would attain

    the aṣṭaka place in the Pitṛ world. As the daughter of the

    fisherman, she was known as Satyavatī and Matsyagandhi.1

    In the form of a river rising from lake Acchodam.2 [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 10. 54-74; Vā. 73. 2-21; M. ch. 14 (whole). [Footnote] 2) M. 121. 7.
    vol. 1, p. 27.
    Acchodā (II) — the R. from lake Acchoda.

    Vā. 47. 5-6, 7.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    p. 2, col. 2.
    ACCHODĀ . A spiritual daughter of the Pitṛs. (For

    further details see “Amāvasu”).