असिक्नी नदी

asikni vartaman chinab nadi (pakistan) ka vaidik nam hai. rrigved 10, 75, 5-6 mean nadisookt ke aantargat isaka ullekh is prakar hai-

'iman mean gange yamune sarasvati shatudri stoman sachata parushnya.
asiknya marudvridhe vitistayarjikiye shrrinuhya sushomaya'.

asikni nadi atharvaved mean varnit trikakudh (trikoot)- parvat ki ghati mean bahati hai. rrigved se jnat hota hai ki poorv-vaidik kal mean siandhu aur asikni nadiyoan ke nikat krivi logoan ka nivas tha jo kalaantar mean vartaman pashchimi panjab aur madhy uttar pradesh mean pahuanch kar paanchal kahalae. pashchavarti sahity mean asikni ko chandrabhaga kaha gaya hai kiantu kee sthanoan par asikni nam bhi upalabdh hai, yatha- shrimadbhagavat, 5, 19 18 mean- 'marudvridha vitasta asikni vishveti mahanady:'.