Sarabhū2
Other北インドの五大河のひとつで、北コーサラと南コーサラの境界を形成し、サーケータのそばを流れる。サンスクリット語ではサラユーとして知られる
One of the five great rivers of northern India. Vin.ii.237; Ud.v.5; S.ii.135; A.iv.101; SNA.ii.439; see also MA.ii.586.
It formed the boundary between the two divisions of Kosala, Uttara° and Dakkhiṇa Kosala. The Aciravatī was its tributary. Sāketa was situated on the banks of the Sarabhū, which flowed through the Añjanavana (e.g., ThagA.i.104). The Sanskrit name is Sarayū. The Sarayū itself flows into the Ghanghara, which is a tributary of the Gaṅgā. See also Gavampati (1).
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