Parushni River
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Parushni River is an ancient name, mentioned in Vedic texts, commonly identified with the modern Ravi River flowing through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vedic geographic entity
ⓘ
ancient river name ⓘ |
| ancientNameOf | Ravi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Vedic civilization ⓘ |
| associatedWithModernCountry |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTextualTradition | Vedic tradition ⓘ |
| flowsThroughModernRegion |
eastern Pakistan
ⓘ
northwestern India ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Iravati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Paruṣṇī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEtymologyStatus | etymology debated among scholars ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Vedic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHydronymType | Indo-Aryan hydronym ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | important river in early Indo-Aryan geography ⓘ |
| identifiedBy |
Indologists
ⓘ
Vedic scholars ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Rigveda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vedic texts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernEquivalent | Ravi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor | appearance in Rigvedic river hymns ⓘ |
| partOf | Vedic Sarasvati-Indus river system (scholarly reconstructions) ⓘ |
| regionInVedicTexts | Sapta Sindhu (Land of Seven Rivers) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.