Haimavati

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Haimavati (हैमवती) refers to name of rivers emerging from Himavat (Himālaya) which may be: 1. Rishikulya, 2. Ravi River, 3. Satluj, 4.Ganges. Haimavati (हैमवती) is also name of 1. wife of Krishna, 2. wife of Vishvamitra.

Variants

• Haimavati River हैमवती नदी (AS, p.1030)

Various definitions

Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya

Haimavatī (हैमवती):—The Ganga has its real source somewhere else (in Heaven), and yet since it is seen for the first time in the Himavat (Himālaya), it is called ‘Haimavatī’ (proceeding from Himavat), after the name of the latter;

Source: Wisdom Library: Śāktism

Haimavatī (हैमवती, “Daughter of the snow-capped one”).—One of the names of the Goddess, Devī, who is regarded as the female principle of the divine; the embodiement of the energies of the Gods.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Haimavatī (हैमवती).—A synonym of river Śatadru, (See under Śatadru).

2) Haimavatī (हैमवती).—A wife of Viśvāmitra. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 117, Verse 13).

3) Haimavatī (हैमवती).—A wife of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa was cremated Haimavatī also ended her life in the funeral pyre. (Mausala Parva, Chapter 7, Verse 73). Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Haimavatī (हैमवती).—A wife of Akṣayāśra.*

हैमवती नदी

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1. हैमवती नदी (AS, p.1030) = Rishikulya ऋषिकुल्या

2. हैमवती नदी (AS, p.1030) = Ravi River रावी

3. हैमवती नदी (AS, p.1030) = Satluj सतलज (शतद्रु)