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]
- 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).
- 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
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-अम्बु, -अम्भस्
- Neuter
- water of the Ganges.
- pure rain-water (such as falls in the month of आश्विन).
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-अवतारः
- 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).
- Name of a sacred place.
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-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.
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-क्षेत्रम् the river Ganges and the district two Koss on either of its banks.
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-चिल्ली
- Gangetic kite. जः, सुतः Name of Bhīṣma.
- of Kārtikeya; गङ्गासुतस्त्वं स्वमतेन देव स्वाहामहीकृत्तिकानां तथैव Mb.3.232.15.
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-जलम् the holy water (by which it is customary to administer oaths).
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-दत्तः an epithet of Bhīsma.
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-द्वारम् the place where the Ganges enters the plains (also called हरिद्वार); गङ्गाद्वारं प्रति महान्बभूव भगवानृषिः Mb.1.13.33.
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-धरः
- an epithet of Śiva.
- the ocean. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपुरम् Name of a town.
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-पुत्रः
- Name of Bhīṣma.
- of Kārtikeya.
- a man of a mixed and vile caste whose business is to remove dead bodies.
- a Brāhmaṇa who conducts pilgrims to the Ganges.
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-भृत्
- Masculine
- Name of Śiva.
- the ocean.
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-मध्यम् the bed of the Ganges.
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-यात्रा
- a pilgrimage to the Ganges.
- carrying a sick person to the river-side to die there.
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-लहरी Name of poem by Jagannātha Paṇḍita.
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-सप्तमी the 7th day in the light half of वैशाख.
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-सागरः the place where the Ganges enters the ocean.
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-सुप्तः
- an epithet of Bhīsma.
- of Kartikya.
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-ह्रदः Name of a तीर्थ.
