Narmadā
place · 2 works · 4 mentions · 7 anchored passages
the Narmadā · that best of rivers
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
River marking a hazard on the southern search route.
The Vindhya with its thousand peaks, covered with diverse trees and creepers, and the river Narmadā, difficult of passage, haunted by great serpents —
"— he who inhabits the best of mountains, Ṛkṣavanta, drinking from the Narmadā:
Seven rākṣasas followed Rāvaṇa as he proceeded with joined palms.
Vīramitrodaya
The river used as the geographic boundary distinguishing northern and southern practice for the Leo/Cancer Upākarma timing rule.
> In the region north of the Narmadā, it should be performed when it is in Leo.