Varaha Purana 86.41: Adhyaya 86, Shloka 41
Description of Śākadvīpa and Kuśadvīpa
Cosmographic Geography
Pūrva Bhāga · Sacred Geography and Hydrography (Nadī-nāma-nirdeśa)
तत्र द्विनाम्न्यो नद्यः ।
tatra dvināmnyo nadyaḥ
tatra dvinAmnyo nadyaH
അവിടെ നദികൾക്ക് രണ്ടു നാമങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കുന്നു।
Sandhi Notes
- द्विनाम्न्यः is a dvigu compound (द्वि + नाम्नी)
Varāha
Curious
Why do rivers in these regions have dual names, and what are those names?
A single reality can be approached through multiple nāmas; names encode function, locality, and sacred memory.
In pilgrimage-text study and historical geography, treat double-naming as a key for correlating traditions rather than as contradiction.
Varāha Purāṇa 86.23-86.24 (examples of double-named rivers)
FAQs
It signals a naming convention—multiple appellations for the same river—relevant for reconciling variant toponyms across manuscripts and regions.
No specific river yet; it introduces a set of rivers described as having dual names.
None explicit; the verse frames an informational taxonomy of waterways.
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