Vitasta

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Vitasta is the ancient Sanskrit name for the Jhelum River, a historically significant river of the Kashmir region frequently mentioned in Vedic and classical Indian texts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vitasta canonical 3
Vetasta 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydronym
river
ancientNameOf Jhelum River
appearsIn Nilmata Purana
associatedWith Hindu scriptures
surface form: Vedic literature

ancient Indian geography
classical Sanskrit literature
connectedToDeity river goddess in Hindu tradition
describedBy classical Indian geographers
etymologyLanguage Sanskrit
flowsInto Chenab River
surface form: Chenab River (via Jhelum River)
flowsThrough Kashmir Valley
hasAlternativeTransliteration Vitasta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vetasta
hasCulturalRole pilgrimage river in Kashmir
hasReligiousTextReference Nilmata Purana
hasRoleIn Kashmiri religious traditions
hasSourceRegion Himalayas
historicalNameType Sanskrit hydronym
historicalSignificance important river of ancient Kashmir
isIdentifiedWith Hydaspes of Greek sources
languageOfName Sanskrit
locatedIn South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Kashmir
surface form: Kashmir region
mentionedIn Mahabharata
Puranas
Rigveda
Vedas
modernCountry India
Pakistan
partOf Indus River basin
surface form: Indus River system
referencedAs one of the major rivers of ancient Aryavarta
sacredStatus sacred river in Hindu tradition

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jhelum River historicalName Vitasta
Vitasta hasAlternativeTransliteration Vitasta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vetasta
Hydaspes River alsoKnownAs Vitasta
Hydaspes River SanskritName Vitasta