Sapta Sindhu

proper noun

The seven sacred rivers in Indian mythology, often referred to in Rigveda and in Zend Avesta. They are often located in the Punjab region in northwestern India / northern Pakistan.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. HinduismIndiaThe seven sacred rivers in Indian mythology, often referred to in Rigveda and in Zend Avesta. They are often located in the Punjab region in northwestern India / northern Pakistan.

    The settlers in Sapta Sindhu composed the Rig Veda, the first of the Vedas, the ancient sacred writings of the Hindu religion.

    2006, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, World and Its Peoples, page 316

Origin

From सप्त (sapta, “seven”) + सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream”). This expression in English incorporates a grammatical error: Sindhu is the nominative singular; used with "seven", the noun should, of course, be in the plural: Sindhava:/Sindhavas, सप्तसिंधव: (saptasiṃdhava:, “seven rivers”), which is the term used in Sanskrit.

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Translations

Bengali সপ্তসিন্ধু
  • সপ্তসিন্ধু (śoptośindhu)the river
Hindi सप्तसिन्धु
  • सप्तसिन्धु (saptsindhu)the river
Punjabi ਸਪਤ ਸਿਂਧੂ
  • ਸਪਤ ਸਿਂਧੂ (sapat sindhū)the river
Tamil சப்தசிந்து
  • சப்தசிந்து (captacintu)the river
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Sapta Sindhu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sapta%20Sindhu

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“Sapta Sindhu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sapta%20Sindhu. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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