Iravati

{{Short description|Character in Hindu mythology}}

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Iravati ({{Langx|sa|इरावती}}, {{IAST3|Irāvatī}}) is a figure in Hindu mythology. She is a daughter of Kadru or Bhadramada and Kashyapa, as featured in the Ramayana.{{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}}{{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}} She is also associated with a sacred Iravati river, which was one of the names of the river Ravi of modern-day Punjab during the Vedic period.{{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}} It is possible that the river Irrawaddy of Myanmar traces its name to this name for the Ravi river.{{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}}

{{Infobox deity

| type = Hindu

| name = Irāvatī

| father = Kaśyapa

| mother = Kadru

| children = Airāvata{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=George M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7LOZfwCDpEC&dq=airavata+hindu+mythology&pg=PA52 |title=Handbook of Hindu Mythology |date=2008-03-27 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=978-0-19-533261-2 |pages=52 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Dalal |first=Roshen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC&dq=airavata&pg=PA14 |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=13–14 |language=en}}

| member_of = The Nāgas

}}