राप्ती नदी
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rapti nadi / iravati
rapti poorvi uttar pradesh ki nadi hai. rapti sanbhavatah 'varavatya' ya 'iravati' ka apabhransh hai. kuchh vidvanoan ke mat mean yah bauddh sahity ki 'achiravati' hai.[1] yah nadi nepal ki laghu himalay shreniyoan mean dhaulagiri ke dakshin mean rukumakot ke nikat se nikalakar pahale dakshin mean aur phir pashchim mean bahati hai. tatpashchath ek bar punah dakshin ki or bahane ke bad baharaich, goanda, basti aur gorakhapur ziloan mean bahati huee barahaj ke nikat ghaghara nadi se mil jati hai.
- is nadi ki kul lambaee 640 kilomitar hai.
- rapti nadi ke uttar ki or se rohini nadi akar isamean milati hai, jo ki isaki mukhy sahayak nadi hai.
- yah nadi kushinagar ke nikat bahati thi, jaisa ki 'buddhacharit'[2] ke ullekh se soochit hota hai-
'is tarah kushinagar ate samay chuand ke sath tathagat ne iravati nadi par ki aur svayan us nagar ke ek upabhavan mean thahare, jahaan kamaloan se sushobhit ek prashant sarovar sthit tha.'
- achiravati ya ajiravati iravati ke vaikalpik roop ho sakate haian.
- 'buddhacharit' ke chini-anuvad mean is nadi ke lie 'kuku' shabd hai, jo pali ke 'kukuttha' ka chini roop hai.
- 'buddhacharit'[3] mean varnan hai ki nirvan ke poorv gautam buddh ne hiranyavati nadi mean snan kiya tha, jo kushinagar ke upavan ke samip bahati thi. yah iravati ya rapti ki hi ek shakha jan p dati hai.
- uttari bhag mean is nadi ki ek mukhy dhara boodhi gandak ke nam se jati hai.
- 'buddhacharit'[4] ke anusar buddh ki mrityu ke pashchath malloan ne unake sharir ke dah sanskar ke lie hiranyavati nadi ko par karake 'mukut chaity' ke niche chita banaee thi.
- sanbhav hai mahabharat, sabhaparv[5] ki 'varavatya' bhi rapti hi ho.
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