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

    p. 23, col. 1.
    a-dhṛṣyā f. N. of a river.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 69.
    adhṛṣyā N. of a river.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 39.
    adhṛṣyā , strī, (na + dhṛṣ + saṃjñāyāṃ kyap . yasyāṃ
    snāne parābhavo na bhavati tādṛśī nadī .) nadī-
    viśeṣaḥ . iti medinī ..

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    p. 3, col. 1.
    ADHṚṢYĀ . A river. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 9,

    Verse 24).

    Mahābhārata Cultural Index

    p. 287, col. 1.
    Adhṛṣyā f.: Name of a river.

    Listed by Saṃjaya among the rivers of

    the Bhāratavarṣa 6. 10. 23, 5; people use its

    water for drinking 6. 10. 13; all rivers descri-

    fied as very strong and the mothers of the

    universe (viśvasya mātaraḥ sarvāḥ sarvāś

    caiva mahābalāḥ) 6. 10. 35.