The New International Encyclopædia/Karamnassa

KARAMNASSA, kä'rȧm-näs'sȧ. A river in the Province of Bengal, British India. After a course of about 150 miles it enters the Ganges from the right. It is subject to floods and has been known to rise 25 feet in a night. The river is repugnant to all caste Hindus, and its name signifies ‘the destroyer of religious merit.’