쿠시나라 말라족의 우파밧타나 살라 숲이 있던 강가로, 부처님이 그곳에서 열반에 드셨으며 오늘날의 리틀 간닥강과 동일시된다.
A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallā of Kusinārā, where the Buddha died (D.ii.137).
It is identified with the Little Gandak; it flows through the district of Gorakhpur, about eight miles west of Great Gandak, and falls into the Gogrā, (Sarayū). Law, Geography, 37.