The capital of Magadha. It is situated on a mountain near Girivraja as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 20 verse 30.

See Navaratna

The son of Matali who was Indra’s charioteer as per Mahabharata Udyogaparva Chapter 100 verse 8.

An ally of the asura Shurapadma as per Skandapurana Asurakanda.

A notorious king who was born in the dynasty of the asura Krodhavasha as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 67 verse 63.

An island in Kushadweepa as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 12 verse 8.

A region in ancient India, int he north east as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 43.

A famous mountain near Dwaraka. It’s also known as Goman and Raivataka. Once Krishna went on a visit to this mountaina dn saw Parashurama on the way as per Bhagavata Skanda 10. They together visited this mountain as per Vishnuparva Chapter 40, which also describes the mountain’s beauty in detail. Balarama once caught Jarasandha here, but set him free.

A mantra to get blessings from cows. Chanting it while standing in a herd of cows earns one heirs and wealth as per gets women their husband’s love as per Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 81 verse 42.

Also known as Kaushiki. A famous river who is also worshiped as a goddess. As per Kambaramayana, Kaushiki was Vishwamitra’s sister and became a river because of a curse. Kaushiki was married to the sage Richika. Once Richika went to devaloka to visit Brahma and since Kaushiki didn’t want to be separated from him, she followed him. But Richika didn’t like this and cursed her to become a river as per Ramayana Balakanda.

Rama conducted ashwamedha at Naimisharanya on the banks of this river as per Uttararamayana. Drinking the water from this river gets rid of sins as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 169 verse 20. She lives in Varuna’s court worshiping him as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 9 verse 23. Yudhishtira visited here as part of his pilgrimage as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 95 verse 2. Gomati was the wife of Vishwabhuk, an agni, as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 219 verse 19. It is one of India’s main rivers as per Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 18. The empire of Ayodhya’s king Divodasa extended from Ganga in the north to Gomati in the south as per Brahmandapurana Chapter 2.