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'''Iravati''' ({{Lang-sa|इरावती|translit=Irāvatī}}) is a character in [[Hindu mythology]]. She is a daughter of [[Kadru]] or Bhadramada and [[Kasyapa|Kashyapa]], as featured in the [[Ramayana]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=2015-07-28 |title=Iravati, Irāvatī: 10 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/iravati |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Books |first=Kausiki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRBYEAAAQBAJ&dq=Iravati+Kashyapa&pg=PT43 |title=Valmiki Ramayana: Aranya Kanda: English translation only without Slokas |date=2021-12-21 |publisher=Kausiki Books |pages=43 |language=en}}</ref> She is also associated with a sacred [[Ravi River|Iravati]] river, which was one of the names of the river Ravi of modern-day [[Punjab]] during the [[Vedic period]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mani |first=Vettam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&dq=Iravati+Kashyapa&pg=PA332 |title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0597-2 |pages=332 |language=en}}</ref> It is possible that the river [[Irrawaddy River|Irrawaddy]] of [[Myanmar]] traces its name to this name for the Ravi river.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Sir Alexander |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMcfWa_x42QC&dq=Irrawaddy+iravati&pg=PA6 |title=Encyclopaedia of Asian History |last2=Majumdar |first2=R. C. |last3=Barrows |first3=David P. |date=March 2008 |publisher=Cosmo (Publications,India) |isbn=978-81-307-0452-4 |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Legend ==<br />
One legend states that [[Indra|Indra's]] divine elephant, [[Airavata]], is the offspring of Iravati.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krishna |first=Nanditha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DF_af8_547EC&dq=Iravati+Kashyapa&pg=PT167 |title=Sacred Animals of India |date=2014-05-01 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-182-6 |pages=167 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Ganga (goddess)|Ganga]]<br />
* [[Sarasvati River|Sarasvati]]<br />
* [[Yamuna in Hinduism|Kalindi]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*Vettam Mani; Puranic Encyclopaedia. Quotes the Ramayana (Aranyakanda) for her parentage, and the Mahabharata, Anusasana Parva, for the river).<br />
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