River Ulhas

[George Hart]

Cf.  Kannada uLku, shine.

On Sep 15, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Ashok Aklujkar wrote:

> 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.