O excellent Brahmanas, the rivers of the southern land (Deccan) originating from the ridges of the Sahya moun¬ tain are : Godavari, Bhimarathi, Kr?na, Vena, Vasyata, Tungabhadra, Suprayoga and Kaveri. The rivers originating from the Malaya mountain are Rtumala,*^ Tamraparni, Punya- vati and Utpalavati. All of them contain cool water. The rivers Rsikulya and Trisama flow down from the Gandhamadana.^