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Results for गाङ्गायनि

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

गाङ्गायनिgāṅgāyaniN. of Bhīsma or Kārtikeya.

[गङ्गाया अपत्यं फिञ्]

Name of Bhīsma or Kārtikeya.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

गाङ्गायनिgāṅgāyanim. (g. तिका*दि) metron. fr. ग्/अङ्गा Pravar. ii, 4, 1; iv, 8
1. masculine gender (gaRa तिका*दि) metronymic from ग्/अङ्गा Pravar. ii, 4, 1; iv, 8
2. masculine gender Bhi1shma भीष्म (son of S3a1ntanu शान्तनु 's first wife Gan3ga1 गङ्गा) Lexicographers
3. masculine gender Skanda स्कन्द (generated from S3iva शिव 's vivifying principle first cast into Agni अग्नि and afterwards received by Gan3ga1 गङ्गा) Lexicographers
4. masculine gender for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedग्याय्that the rest of a word is to be supplied W.
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