Parushni

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Parushni is the ancient Vedic name for the Ravi River, one of the major rivers of the northwestern Indian subcontinent.


Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Vedic hydronym
ancient river name
ancientNameOf Ravi River NERFINISHED
associatedWithCulture Vedic civilization
associatedWithPeople early Indo-Aryan communities
associatedWithRegion Punjab
associatedWithText Rigvedic river hymns
category Ancient names of rivers
Rivers in the Rigveda
flowsThroughModernCountry India
Pakistan
hasAlternativeTransliteration Parushni River NERFINISHED
Paruṣṇī
hasEtymology name is derived from Vedic Sanskrit roots, exact meaning uncertain
hasModernEquivalent Ravi River in India and Pakistan
hasModernName Ravi
historicalPeriod Vedic period
languageOfName Vedic Sanskrit
locatedIn northwestern Indian subcontinent
mentionedIn Rigveda
notableFor being one of the major rivers mentioned in the Rigveda
partOf Indus River system NERFINISHED
relatedEvent Battle of the Parushni
religiousSignificance sacred river in Vedic tradition
tributaryOf Indus River (via Ravi River)

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Ravi
Ravi River
ancientName
Iravati
hasAlternativeName

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