f. (gam-) "swift-goer", the river Ganges (personified and considered as the eldest daughter of himavat- and menā-;as the wife of śāntanu- and mother of bhīṣma-;or as one of the wives of dharma-;there is also a gaṅgā- in the sky[ ākāśa--or vyoma-g-,qq. vv.; seekhāpagā-, gaganāpagā-etc.] and one below the earth ; bhagī-ratha- is said to have conducted the heavenly gaṅgā- down to the earth, )
m. "Ganges-supporter", Name ofśiva- (according to the legend the Ganges in its descent from heaven first alighted on the head of śiva- and continued for a long period entangled in his hair see)
n. "the sacred district of the gaṅgā-" id est the river Ganges and two krośa-s on either of the banks (all dying within such limits go to heaven whatever their crimes)
गङ्गा [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 cf. Bh.2. 1]. इमं मे गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति Mahānār. Up.5.4. -Comp. -अम्बु, -अम्भस् n. 1 water of the Ganges. -2 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 गङ्गा˚ also means 'descent into the Ganges' for ablution). -2 N. 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 Gangetic kite. -जः, -सुतः 1 N. 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. ˚पुरम् N. of a town. -पुत्रः 1 N. 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 m. 1 N. of Śiva. -2 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 N. 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 N. of a तीर्थ.
गङ्गाका gaṅgākā गङ्गका gaṅgakā गङ्गिका gaṅgikā
गङ्गाका गङ्गका गङ्गिका The Ganges.
The modern Ganges, is mentioned directly in the Rigveda only once, in the Nadī-stuti or Praise of Rivers.’ But it is also referred to in the derivative form gāúgyah as an epithet of Urukaksa. The name of this river does not occurin the other Samhitās, but appears in the śatapatha Brāhmana, where victories of Bharata Dauhsanti on both Gañgā and Yamunā are referred to, and in the Taittirīya Aranyaka especial honour is assigned to those who dwell between the Gañgā and the Yamunā, this being, no doubt, the region in which that text originated. The identification of the Gañgā with the Apayā made by Ludwig must be rejected: see Apayā.
noun (feminine) name of the wife of Nīlakaṇṭha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the river Ganges (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the white fortnight Frequency rank 828/72933
noun (masculine) name of a commentator on Bhāskara (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a commentator on the Śārīrakasūtras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a lexicographer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (according to the legend the Ganges in its descent from heaven first alighted on the head of Śiva and continued for a long period entangled in his hair) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ocean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a Brāhman who conducts pilgrims to the Ganges (especially at Benares) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a man of mixed or vile caste (employed to remove dead bodies) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Bhīshma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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