Saraswati River

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ancient river mythological river sacred river

The Saraswati River is a legendary and partially identified ancient river of the Indian subcontinent, revered in Hindu tradition and Vedic texts as a sacred and life-giving waterway.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Saraswati 4
Saraswati River canonical 4
Sapta Sindhu 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient river ⓘ
mythological river ⓘ
sacred river ⓘ
appearsIn Hindu mythology ⓘ
Vedic hymns ⓘ
associatedDeity Saraswati ⓘ
associatedRitual Saraswati Puja ⓘ
Vedic sacrifices ⓘ
associatedWith Ghaggar River ⓘ
surface form: Ghaggar-Hakra river system

Gujarat ⓘ
Haryana ⓘ
Indus Valley ⓘ
surface form: Indus Valley region

Rajasthan ⓘ
Thar Desert ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
describedIn Atharvaveda ⓘ
Brahmanas ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
Yajurveda ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance Hindu pilgrimage traditions ⓘ
Vedic rituals ⓘ
hasDebate Himalayan versus non-Himalayan origin ⓘ
continuity with present-day seasonal rivers in northwestern India ⓘ
identification with Ghaggar-Hakra ⓘ
hasEvidenceType archaeological site distribution ⓘ
paleochannel mapping ⓘ
satellite imagery ⓘ
hasRole life-giving river in Vedic cosmology ⓘ
sacred river in Hindu tradition ⓘ
languageOfEarliestSources Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ
linkedTo Harappan sites along Ghaggar-Hakra ⓘ
Indus Valley ⓘ
surface form: Indus Valley Civilization
mentionedAs naditama (greatest of rivers) in Rigveda ⓘ
mouthRegion Arabian Sea (hypothesized) ⓘ
namedAfter Goddess Saraswati ⓘ
surface form: goddess Saraswati
religion Hinduism ⓘ
sacredStatus tirtha (holy place) in Hinduism ⓘ
sourceRegion Himalayan foothills (hypothesized) ⓘ
status disputed historical existence ⓘ
extinct river (hypothesized) ⓘ
partially identified ⓘ
studiedBy Indologists ⓘ
archaeologists ⓘ
geologists ⓘ
hydrologists ⓘ
timePeriod Vedic period ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Saraswati → associatedRiver → Saraswati River ⓘ
Allahabad → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati
Allahabad → hasMythicalRiverConfluence → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati
Hooghly River → tributary → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati River (West Bengal)
Iravati → relatedTo → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sapta Sindhu
Kurukshetra district → contains → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati river (paleochannel region)
Indore → hasRiver → Saraswati River ⓘ
Prayagraj district → associatedWithRiver → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati
Prayagraj district → riverConfluenceOf → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati
Prayagraj district → hasMythologicalAssociation → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saraswati river
Allahabad Fort → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Saraswati River ⓘ
this entity surface form: mythical Saraswati River
Triveni Sangam at Prabhas Patan → isBelievedToBeConfluenceOf → Saraswati River ⓘ
Patan district → containsRiver → Saraswati River ⓘ