Tribeni

English

Alternative forms

• Tribeny, Triveni

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi त्रिबेनी (tribenī), from Sanskrit त्रिवेणी (triveṇī).

Proper noun

Tribeni

1. A town in Hooghly district in West Bengal where the river Bhagirathi Hooghly (one of the two main distributaries of the Ganges) splits into three more distributaries; it is of great significance to Hindus.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Tribeni”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].