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Iravati
Character in Hindu mythology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iravati (Sanskrit: इरावती, IAST: Irāvatī) is a figure in Hindu mythology. She is a daughter of Kadru or Bhadramada and Kashyapa, as featured in the Ramayana.[3][4] She is also associated with a sacred Iravati river, which was one of the names of the river Ravi of modern-day Punjab during the Vedic period.[5] It is possible that the river Irrawaddy of Myanmar traces its name to this name for the Ravi river.[6]
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One legend states that Indra's divine elephant, Airavata, is the offspring of Iravati.[7]
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