| YouTube Channel

ओघवती (oghavatI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ओघ—वती
f.
N.
 of a daughter (MBh. ) or sister (BhP. ) of Oghavat
N.
 of a river,
VP.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 ओघवती
noun
एका नदी ।
"ओघवत्याः उल्लेखः विष्णुपुराणे अस्ति"
Synonyms:
 ओघवती
noun
ओघवतः पुत्री ।
"ओघवत्याः उल्लेखः महाभारते अस्ति"
Mahabharata
English
Oghavatī^1, a river. § 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 9, 329.-§ 615i (Saptasārasvata): IX, 38, 2189 (one of the seven Sarasvatīs), 2212 (at the sacrifice of Kuru the river Sarasvatī appeared in Kurukshetra as the river O.).--§ 615 (Gadāyuddhap.): IX, 62, 3498.--§ 639 (Rājadh.): XII, 50, 1812 (nadīṃ Bhīshma lay on his arrow bed on the bank of the river O.). Cf. next.
Oghavatī^2, daughter of Oghavat^2 and wife of Sudarśana. § 720b (Sudarśanop.): XIII, 2, 122, 124 (dwelt in Kurukshetra), 125, 130, 133, 136, 143 (together with her husband Sudarśana put to the test by Dharma), 168 (with half her body she became the river of the same name). Cf. prec.
पुराणम्
English
ओघवती १ / OGHAVATĪ I. There are seven sarasvatī rivers in the world. These are suprabhā, kāñcanākṣī, viśālā, manoramā, sarasvatī, oghavatī and sureṇu. In the mahābhārata, śalya Parva, Chapter 38 we find that oghavatī was invoked and brought to kurukṣetra. It was on the bank of this oghavatī that Bhīsma fell and lay on the Śaraśayyā. (Bed of arrows). (M.B. śānti Parva, Chapter 50, Verse 5).
ओघवती २ / OGHAVATĪ II. Daughter of the King named oghavān. sudarśana, the son of agni married her. (M.B. anuśāsana parva, Chapter 2).