1. Hiraññavatí. Another name for Bhagalavatí, the residence of Kuvera. J.vi.269, 270


2. Hiraññavatí. A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sálavana of the Mallas of  Kusinára, where the Buddha died (D.ii.137).

It is identified with the Little Gandak; it flows through the district of Gorakhpur, about eight miles west of Great Gandak, and falls into the Gográ, (Sarayú). Law, Geography, 37.


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