WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPAL NADIS IN THE HUMAN BODY?

The following are the fourteen Principal Nadis out of 350000 Nadis present in the human body:-

Ø Alambusa

Ø Gandhari

Ø Hastijihvika

Ø Ida

Ø Kuhu

Ø Payasvani

Ø Pingala

Ø Pusha

Ø Sankhini

Ø Sarasvati

Ø Sushumna

Ø Varuni

Ø Visvodari

Ø Yasasvini

Out of the fourteen  Nadis as aforesaid, Ida, Pingala and Sushumna are the three chief Nadis.

जय जय श्रीराधे 

GANGA DEVI STOTRAM

भागीरथीं पवित्रां तां महापुण्यप्रदां शुभाम् ।

जाह्नवीं विरजां श्रेष्ठां गङ्गादेवीं नमाम्यहम्॥

Brought to earth by the amazing  efforts of Bhagiratha

Manifestation of purity

Bestower of great Punya

Auspicious

Beloved daughter of Jahnu Maharishi

Viraja river of Srivaikuntha

Exalted

My obeisance to  Ganga Devi.

जय जय श्रीराधे 

SACRED RIVERS OF ANCIENT INDIA

The following are the key sacred rivers of ancient India according to Srimad Bhagavatam :-

Ø Asiknī

Ø Avaṭodā

Ø Bhīmarathī

Ø Brahmaputra

Ø Candrabhāgā

Ø Candravasā

Ø Carmaṇvatī

Ø Dṛṣadvatī

Ø Godāvarī

Ø Gomatī

Ø Kauśikī

Ø Kāverī

Ø Kṛṣṇāveṇyā

Ø Kṛtamālā

Ø Mahānadī

Ø Mandākinī

Ø Marudvṛdhā

Ø Narmadā

Ø Nirvindhyā

Ø Payasvinī

Ø Payoṣṇī

Ø Revā

Ø Rodhasvatī

Ø Ṛṣikulyā

Ø Saptavatī

Ø Sarasvatī

Ø Sarayū

Ø Śarkarāvartā

Ø Śatadrū

Ø Śoṇa

Ø Surasā

Ø Suṣomā

Ø Tāmraparṇī

Ø Tāpī

Ø Trisāmā

Ø Tuṅgabhadrā

Ø Vaihāyas

Ø Vedasmṛti

Ø Veṇī

Ø Viśvā.

Ø Vitastā

Ø Yamunā

जय जय श्रीराधे 

WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS NAMES FOR A RIVER IN SANSKRIT?

The following are  the various names in sanskrit for a river:

(1) NadI

(2) sarit

(3) tarangiNi

(4) SaivalinI

(5) tatinI

(6) hrAdinI

(7)dhunI

(8)srotasvinI

(9)dvIpavatI

(10)sravantI

(11)nimnagA

(12) apagA

(13)kUlankashA

(14) nirjhariNI

(15) rodhovakrA

(16) sarasvatI