Varuna (river)
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Varuna Barna |
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| location | Uttar Pradesh ( India ) | |
| River system | Ganges | |
| Drain over | Ganges → Indian Ocean | |
| origin | in Allahabad District 25 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N , 82 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in Varanasi in the Ganges Coordinates: 25 ° 19 ′ 46 ″ N , 83 ° 2 ′ 40 ″ E 25 ° 19 ′ 46 ″ N , 83 ° 2 ′ 40 ″ E
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The Varuna ( Hindi : वरुणा Varuṇā [ ˈʋʌrʊɳa ]) or Barna (Hindi: बरना Barnā [ ˈbʌrna ]) is a smaller left tributary of the Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
The Varuna rises 15 kilometers northeast of Handia in the Allahabad district in the flat terrain of the Ganges plain of East Uttar Pradesh. From there it meanders eastwards through the districts of Sant Ravidas Nagar and Varanasi . In the north of the city of Varanasi it flows into the Ganges.
Although the river Varuna is not worthy of note, it is of certain importance because of its connection with the city of Varanasi, which is sacred to the Hindus . He is already mentioned in the Puranas under the name Varuṇā or Varaṇā . According to traditional belief, the Varuna, together with the Ganges and the Assi river in the south, mark the borders of Varanasi as a sacred space. The name Varanasi is therefore derived from the river names Varuna and Assi. It is more likely, however, that the Varuna River, which in older literature was also known as Varanasi, gave the city its name.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maps of the course of the river: TK250 sheet NG44-11 Allahabad and TK250 sheet NG44-12 Banāras .
- ↑ See the search for "varuṇā" ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and "varaṇā" ( memento of the original from October 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Oliver Hellwig: DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Heidelberg, 2010–2012.
- ↑ Diana L. Eck: Banaras. City of Light , from the American by Bettina Bäumer and Luitgart Soni, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1989, pp. 43–52.
