1. Vettavatí. A river, probably in the kingdom of Mejjha. According to the Mátanga Játaka (J.iv.388; cf. Dvy. 451, 456), Mátanga lived in a hermitage on the upper reaches of the river in order to humble the pride of Játimanta, who lived lower down. On the banks of the river was a city, also called Vettavatí.
In the Milinda-pańhá (p.114) the Vettavatí is mentioned as one of the ten chief rivers flowing from the Himálaya. It is probably identical with the Vetravatí mentioned in Kálidása's Meghadúta, and is identified with the modern Betuva in Bhopal (the ancient Vidísa).
2. Vettavatí. A channel branching off from the Parakkamasamudda; the sluice from which it started bore the same name. Cv.lxxix.44.