karatoya namak ek nadi ka ullekh pauranik mahakavy mahabharat mean hua hai. mahabharat ke anusar karatoya vang aur kamarup desh ki sima par ki ek nadi hai.
- ajakal yah nadi jalapaigu di ke van se nikalati hai aur rangapur hokar bogura zile ke dakshin halahaliya namak nadi se milati hai. yahaan se kee shakhaoan mean vibhakt ho jati hai.
- karatoya nadi ki ‘phoolajhar’ nam ki ek shakha atreyi nadi mean milati hai. kisi-kisi ke matanusar yahi phoolajhar karatoya ki dhara hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 30 |