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Apte Dictionary

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

गाङ्गेयgāṅgeyaa.(-यी f.) Being in or on or of the Ganges; स्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाङ्गेयैः प्रयतात्मनाम् Mb.13.26.31.
(-यी Feminine) Being in or on or of the Ganges; स्नातानां शुचिभिस्तोयैर्गाङ्गेयैः प्रयतात्मनाम् Mb.13.26.31.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यः
  
  Name of Bhīṣma or Kārtikeya.
  
  The Hilsa fish.
- -यम्
  
  Gold.
  
  The Musta grass.
  
  The Dhattūra plant; गाङ्गेयः षण्मुखे भीष्मे जातरूपकशेरुणोः । मुस्तायां पुंनपुंसि स्यात् Nm. गाङ्गेरी (-रिका) Feminine The Name of a plant (Marâthî नागबला). गाङ्गेरुः (-कः) The Name of a plant (Marâthî तोरण, कांकडाचें झाड).
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

गाङ्गेयgāṅgeyamfn. being in or on the Ganges, coming from or belonging or relating to the Ganges MBh. R. vi
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective being in or on the Ganges, coming from or belonging or relating to the Ganges MBh. R. vi
2. masculine gender (gaRa शुभ्रा*दि Ka1s3. and Gan2ar.; Equivalent to गाङ्गायनि) Bhi1shma भीष्म MBh.
3. masculine gender Name of Skanda स्कन्द, ix, 2465; xiii, 4096
4. masculine gender the Hilsa or Illias fish (इल्लिश) Lexicographers
5. masculine gender the root of a kind of grass Lexicographers
6. masculine gender plural Name of a family Sam2ska1rak.
7. neuter gender the root of Scirpus Kysoor or of a Cyperus (कशेरु) Sus3r. vi, 17, 15 and 39, 94
8. neuter gender gold Lexicographers
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