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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गङ्गाgaṅgāThe river Ganges, the most sacred river in India; अधोधो गङ्गेयं पदमुपगता स्तोकमथवा Bh.2.1; R.2.26;13.57…

    [गम्-गन्; Uṇ.1.12]

    1. The river Ganges, the most sacred river in India; अधोधो गङ्गेयं पदमुपगता स्तोकमथवा Bh.2.1; R.2.26;13.57; (mentioned in Rv.1.75.5, along with other rivers considered sacred in India).
    2. The Ganges personified as a goddess. [Gaṅgā is the eldest daughter of Himavat. It is said that a curse of Brahmā made her come down upon earth, where she became the first wife of King Śantanu. She bore him eight sons, of whom Bhīṣma, the youngest, became a well-known personage, renowned for his valour and life-long celibacy. According to another account she came down on earth being propitiated by Bhagīratha; see भगीरथ and जह्नु also; and Compare Bh.2. 1]. इमं मे गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति Mahānār. Up.5.4.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अम्बु, -अम्भस्

      1. Neuter
      2. water of the Ganges.
      3. pure rain-water (such as falls in the month of आश्विन).

    • -अवतारः

      1. the descent of the Ganges on the earth; भगीरथ इव दृष्टगङ्गावतारः K.32 (where गङ्गाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied also means 'descent into the Ganges' for ablution).
      2. Name of a sacred place.

    • -अष्टकम् a collection of eight verses addressed to the Ganges; गङ्गाष्टकं पठति यः प्रयतः प्रभाते वाल्मीकिना विरचितं शुभदं मनुष्यः । -उद्भेदः the source of the Ganges.

    • -क्षेत्रम् the river Ganges and the district two Koss on either of its banks.

    • -चिल्ली

      1. Gangetic kite. जः, सुतः Name of Bhīṣma.
      2. of Kārtikeya; गङ्गासुतस्त्वं स्वमतेन देव स्वाहामहीकृत्तिकानां तथैव Mb.3.232.15.

    • -जलम् the holy water (by which it is customary to administer oaths).

    • -दत्तः an epithet of Bhīsma.

    • -द्वारम् the place where the Ganges enters the plains (also called हरिद्वार); गङ्गाद्वारं प्रति महान्बभूव भगवानृषिः Mb.1.13.33.

    • -धरः

      1. an epithet of Śiva.
      2. the ocean. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपुरम् Name of a town.

    • -पुत्रः

      1. Name of Bhīṣma.
      2. of Kārtikeya.
      3. a man of a mixed and vile caste whose business is to remove dead bodies.
      4. a Brāhmaṇa who conducts pilgrims to the Ganges.

    • -भृत्

      1. Masculine
      2. Name of Śiva.
      3. the ocean.

    • -मध्यम् the bed of the Ganges.

    • -यात्रा

      1. a pilgrimage to the Ganges.
      2. carrying a sick person to the river-side to die there.

    • -लहरी Name of poem by Jagannātha Paṇḍita.

    • -सप्तमी the 7th day in the light half of वैशाख.

    • -सागरः the place where the Ganges enters the ocean.

    • -सुप्तः

      1. an epithet of Bhīsma.
      2. of Kartikya.

    • -ह्रदः Name of a तीर्थ.

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  2. उष्णीगङ्गाuṣṇīgaṅgāThe hot Gaṅgā i. e. the Badarī (having hot sources).

    The hot Gaṅgā id est, that is the Badarī (having hot sources).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. गङ्गाgaṅgā[gáṅ-gâ] f. [fr. intv. of √gam: the swift Goer], the Ganges, daughter of the Himavat.

    [gáṅ-gâ] feminine; also equal for [from intensive (frequentative) of √gam: the swift Goer], the Ganges, daughter of the Himavat.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. गङ्गाgaṅgāf. (√गम् Un2.) "swift-goer", the river Ganges (personified and considered as the eldest daughter of Himavat…
    1. feminine (√गम् Un2.) "swift-goer", the river Ganges (personified and considered as the eldest daughter of Himavat हिमवत् and Mena1 मेना R. i, 36, 15; as the wife of S3a1ntanu शान्तनु and mother of Bhi1shma भीष्म MBh. i, 3800 Hariv. 2967 ff.; or as one of the wives of Dharma धर्म PadmaP. Page341,3; there is also a Gan3ga1 गङ्गा in the sky [आकाश- or व्योम-ग्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, qq. vv.; confer, compare खा*पगा, गगना*पगा etc.] and one below the earth Hariv. 12782; Bhagi1-ratha भगी-रथ is said to have conducted the heavenly Gan3ga1 गङ्गा down to the earth, 810 ff. R. i, chapter 44) fg-veda x, 75, 5 S3Br. xiii TA1r. etc.
    2. feminine Name of the wife of Ni1la-kan2t2ha नील-कण्ठ and mother of S3am2kara शंकर
    3. feminine in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' see द्विवेद-गङ्ग .
    4. (in compound)
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  2. अन्तर्गङ्गाantargaṅgāf. the under-ground Ganges (as supposed to communicate under-ground with a sacred spring in Mysore).

    feminine the under-ground Ganges (as supposed to communicate under-ground with a sacred spring in Mysore).

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  3. अभ्रगङ्गाabhragaṅgāf. the celestial Gan3ga1 गङ्गा Ka1d.

    feminine the celestial Gan3ga1 गङ्गा Ka1d.

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  4. अम्बागङ्गाambāgaṅgāf. river in Ceylon.

    feminine river in Ceylon.

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  5. अर्धगङ्गाardhagaṅgāf. "half the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा", N. of the river Ka1veri1 कावेरी L. (cf. अर्धजाह्नवी below) .

    feminine "half the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा", Name of the river Ka1veri1 कावेरी Lexicographers (confer, compare अर्धजाह्नवी below) .

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  6. आकाशगङ्गाākāśagaṅgāf. the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा flowing down from the sky MBh. iii, 10909 R. Ragh. i, 78.

    feminine the Gan3ga1 गङ्गा flowing down from the sky MBh. iii, 10909 R. Ragh. i, 78.

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  7. आद्यगङ्गाādyagaṅgāf. N. of a river.

    feminine Name of a river.

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