Hladini
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Hladini (ह्लादिनी) is a river mentioned in Ayodhya Kanda of Ramayana (2.71.2). Bharata had crossed the river Hladini on his return journey from Kekaya to Ayodhya. It was flowing east of Satluj river.
Variants
- Hladini River ह्लादिनी (AS, p.1032)
History
In Ramayana
Ayodhya Kanda/Canto LXXI mentions Bharat's Return from Kekaya to Ayodhya....That brilliant and glorious Bharata, who was a rejoice to Ikshvaku dynasty marching in easterly direction from the city of Rajagriha, thereafter observing and crossing Sudama River as well as the wide Hladini River, whose stream flowed towards eastern direction. The route Bharata drove was a different one from the route the messengers had taken from Ayodhya to Rajagriha. This is a longer route and it took a complete week for Bharata to reach Ayodhya.
ह्लादिनी
ह्लादिनी नदी (AS, p.1032): वाल्मीकि रामायण अयोध्या कांड 71,2 के अनुसार केकय से अयोध्या आते समय भरत ने इस नदी को पार किया था-- 'ह्लादिनीं दूरपारां च प्रत्यक् स्रोतस्तरंगिणीम् शतद्रुमतस्छीमान्नदीभिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः।' यह नदी सतलुज के पूर्व में बहती थी.[1]