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mother of the Vedas, and inventor of the Devanagari letters. There has been much dispute as to the stream of which she is a personification. Some have identified it with the Avestan river, Haragaiti, in See also:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, while others think the See also:

TERM

term a See also:

general one for any See also:

GREAT

great river, and in particular the sacred name for the See also:

INDUS

Indus, Sindhu being the popular one. Two small but sacred See also:

rivers in See also:

India are still called Saraswati, one in the See also:

PUNJAB

Punjab and the other in See also:

GUJARAT

Gujarat, both of which ultimately lose themselves in the See also:

sand. According to one See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, the Punjab river reappears to unite with the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges and See also:

JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna at See also:

ALLAHABAD

Allahabad. From this river is derived the name of the Sarswat Brahmans, the most numerous and influential of the priestly class in the Punjab, with whom the See also:

Gaur Sarswats or Shenvis of the See also:

KONKAN, or CONCAN

Konkan claim connexion.

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