A river in northern India. It is now known as Champa. Shashabindu, a king who ruled north India. He conducted many yajnas and the skin of animals sacrificed in these became a pile and when it rained, a spring emerged from it and it became Charmanvati, the river. She worships Varuna at his court as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 9 verse 21. Sahadeva once defeated Jambhakas’s son on the banks of the river as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 31 verse 7. Bathing here gives one the benefits of the Agnishtoma yajna as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 82 verse 54. This is one of the rivers among the hetubhutas for the origin of Agni as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 222 verse 23.