River Ulhas

[Ashok Aklujkar]

ulhaasa is a Skt word itself. The spelling Ulhas is simply according to the
Marathi pronunciation. In Nagari writing, the word is indistinguishable from
its Skt form.

Many cities and rivers of India have auspicious/appropriate and
aesthetically pleasant names (cities: Srinagar, Ujjayini; rivers
Brahma-putra, K.sipraa, Mahaanadii etc.). Ulhaasa/Ulhas is one of them.

I do not know what the oldest attestation of the name is. However, I see no
reason to suspect that it has come as a replacement for some other name.

a.a.


> From: Stephen Hodge <s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.PLUS.COM>
> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:32:45 +0100

> Does anybody know a pre-modern / Sanskritic name for the River Ulhas (just
> north of Bombay) ?  I have looked in relevent sources, but can't find
> anything.