gaṅgā गङ्गा gáṅgā f. (√ gam, [Uṇ.]) ‘swift-goer’, the river Ganges (personified and considered as the eldest daughter of Himavat and Menā, [R. i, 36, 15]; as the wife of Śāntanu and mother of Bhīṣma, [MBh. i, 3800]; [Hariv. 2967 ff.]; or as one of the wives of Dharma, [PadmaP.] ; there is also a Gaṅgā in the sky [ākāśa- or vyoma-g°, qq.vv.; cf. khāpagā, gaganāpagā &c.] and one below the earth, [Hariv. 12782]; Bhagī-ratha is said to have conducted the heavenly Gaṅgā down to the earth, [810 ff.]; [R. i, ch. 44]), [RV. x, 75, 5]; [ŚBr. xiii]; [TĀr.] &c. N. of the wife of Nīla-kaṇṭha and mother of Śaṃkara ifc. See dviveda-gaṅga. gaṅgāja गङ्गाज gaṅgā—ja m. ‘the son of Gaṅgā’, N. of the deity Kārttikeya, [MBh.] of Bhīṣma, [L.] gaṅgākā गङ्गाका f. (a dimin. fr. °ṅgā), the Ganges, [Vop. iv, 8.] gaṅgābhṛt गङ्गाभृत् gaṅgā—bhṛt m. (= -dhara) N. of Śiva, [L.] gaṅgāmbu गङ्गाम्बु gaṅgā°mbu n. (°gām°) Ganges water, [W.] pure rain-water (such as falls in the month Āśvina), [W.] gaṅgādhāra गङ्गाधार gaṅgā—dhāra m. (= -dhara) the ocean, [Gal.] gaṅgādhara गङ्गाधर gaṅgā—dhara m. ‘Ganges-receiver’, the ocean, [L.] ‘Ganges-supporter’, N. 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, cf. [R. i, ch. 44]) N. of a man of a lexicographer of a commentator on the Śārīraka-sūtras of a commentator on Bhāskara gaṅgāśoṇa गङ्गाशोण gaṅgā—śoṇa n. sg. the Ganges and the Śoṇa rivers, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 7], [Kāś.] gaṅgādāsa गङ्गादास gaṅgā—dāsa m. N. of the author of the Chando-govinda, of the Chando-mañjarī and of the Acyuta-carita N. of a copyist (about 1542 A.D.) gaṅgādevī गङ्गादेवी gaṅgā—devī f. N. of a woman. gaṅgājala गङ्गाजल gaṅgā—jala n. the water of the Ganges, holy water by which it is customary to administer oaths, [W.] gaṅgāmbhas गङ्गाम्भस् gaṅgā°mbhas (°gām°) n. id., [W.] gaṅgāmaha गङ्गामह gaṅgā—maha m. ‘a kind of festival’, cf. gāṅgāmahika. gaṅgānātha गङ्गानाथ gaṅgā—nātha m. N. of the founder of a sect, [Śaṃkar. xlii.] gaṅgāpāra गङ्गापार gaṅgā—pāra n. the opposite bank of the Ganges. gaṅgārāma गङ्गाराम gaṅgā—rāma m. N. of the father of Jaya-rāma and uncle of Rāma-candra. gaṅgāsūnu गङ्गासूनु gaṅgā—sūnu m. (= -ja) Bhīṣma, [Dhanaṃj. 60.] gaṅgāsuta गङ्गासुत gaṅgā—suta m. (= -ja) N. of the deity Kārttikeya, [MBh. iii, 14642] of Bhīṣma, [L.] gaṅgātīra गङ्गातीर gaṅgā—tīra n. the bank of the Ganges, [W.] gaṅgāṭeya गङ्गाटेय gaṅgā°ṭeya (°gāṭ°) m. ‘going in the Ganges’, a shrimp or prawn, [L.] gaṅgācampū गङ्गाचम्पू gaṅgā—campū f. N. of wk. gaṅgācillī गङ्गाचिल्ली gaṅgā—cillī f. ‘Gangetic kite’, the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus), [L.] gaṅgāditya गङ्गादित्य gaṅgā°ditya m. (°gād°) a form of the sun, [KāśīKh. vli, 46]; [li.] gaṅgādvāra गङ्गाद्वार gaṅgā—dvāra n. ‘the door of the Ganges’, N. of a town situated where the Ganges enters the plains (also called Hari-dvāra), [MBh. i]; [iii]; [xiii]; gaṅgāhrada गङ्गाह्रद gaṅgā—hrada m. N. of a Tīrtha, [MBh. iii], [xiii] cf. gāṅga with hrada. gaṅgāmadhya गङ्गामध्य gaṅgā—madhya n. the bed or stream of the Ganges, [W.] gaṅgāputra गङ्गापुत्र gaṅgā—putra m. (= -ja) N. of Bhīṣma, [L.] a man of mixed or vile caste (employed to remove dead bodies), [BrahmaP.] a Brāhman who conducts pilgrims to the Ganges (especially at Benares), [W.] gaṅgāsaras गङ्गासरस् gaṅgā—saras n. N. of a Tīrtha, [Kathās. lii, 17.] gaṅgāsnāna गङ्गास्नान gaṅgā—snāna n. bathing in the Ganges, [W.] gaṅgāstuti गङ्गास्तुति gaṅgā—stuti f. ‘Ganges-praise’, N. of wk. [Kavik. iii.] gaṅgātīrtha गङ्गातीर्थ gaṅgā—tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [Hariv. 9520.] gaṅgāvāsin गङ्गावासिन् gaṅgā—vāsin mfn. dwelling on the Ganges. gaṅgāyātrā गङ्गायात्रा gaṅgā—yātrā f. pilgrimage to the Ganges (especially carrying a sick person to the river side to die there), [W.] gaṅgāṣṭaka गङ्गाष्टक gaṅ—°gāṣṭaka n. a hymn consisting of 8 verses and addressed to Gaṅgā whilst bathing, [RTL. 399] gaṅgā°ṣṭaka (°gāṣ°), 8 verses addressed to Gaṅgā. gaṅgākṣetra गङ्गाक्षेत्र gaṅgā—kṣetra n. ‘the sacred district of the Gaṅgā’ i.e. the river Ganges and two Krośas on either of the banks (all dying within such limits go to heaven whatever their crimes), [W.] gaṅgālaharī गङ्गालहरी gaṅgā—laharī f. ‘wave of the Ganges’, N. of a work N. of a statue, [Kathās. cxxi, 278.] gaṅgāpattrī गङ्गापत्त्री gaṅgā—pattrī f. N. of a plant, [L.] gaṅgāsāgara गङ्गासागर gaṅgā—sāgara n. the mouth of the Ganges where it enters the ocean (considered as a Tīrtha), [Hariv. 9524.] gaṅgāstotra गङ्गास्तोत्र gaṅgā—stotra n. id., [KāśīKh. xxvii, 165], Sch. gaṅgāvilāsa गङ्गाविलास gaṅgā-vilāsa m. N. of wk. gaṅgāyamune गङ्गायमुने gaṅgā—yamune f. du. the Ganges and Yamunā rivers, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 7], [Kāś.] gaṅgāsaptamī गङ्गासप्तमी gaṅgā—saptamī the 7th day in the light half of month Vaiśākha, [Vratapr.] gaṅgādharapura गङ्गाधरपुर gaṅgā—dhara—pura n. N. of a town. gaṅgādhararasa गङ्गाधररस gaṅgā—dhara—rasa m. (in med.) N. of a drug. gaṅgāmāhātmya गङ्गामाहात्म्य gaṅgā—māhātmya n. a poem or any composition in praise of the Ganges. gaṅgānāgarāja गङ्गानागराज gaṅgā—nāga-rāja m. N. of a Nāga, [Buddh.]; [L.] gaṅgāvataraṇa गङ्गावतरण gaṅgā°vataraṇa n. (°gāv°) ‘Ganges-descent’, N. of a poem, [Hariv. 8690] gaṅgādharabhaṭṭa गङ्गाधरभट्ट gaṅgā—dhara—bhaṭṭa m. N. of a scholiast gaṅgādharacūrṇa गङ्गाधरचूर्ण gaṅgā—dhara—cūrṇa n. a particular powder gaṅgāmahādvāra गङ्गामहाद्वार gaṅgā—mahā-dvāra n. = -dvara, [MBh. v, 111, 16.] gaṅgāvāhatīrtha गङ्गावाहतीर्थ gaṅgā—vāha-tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [ŚivaP.] gaṅgāvākyāvalī गङ्गावाक्यावली gaṅgā—vākyāvalī f. N. of wk., [Śūdradh.]; [Smṛtit.] gaṅgādharamādhava गङ्गाधरमाधव gaṅgā—dhara—mādhava m. N. of the father of Dādābhaï gaṅgādvāramāhātmya गङ्गाद्वारमाहात्म्य gaṅgā—dvāra—māhātmya n. N. of a part of the [SkandaP.] gaṅgāpurībhaṭṭāraka गङ्गापुरीभट्टारक gaṅgā—purī-bhaṭṭāraka m. N. of a man. gaṅgāvataraṇacampūprabandha गङ्गावतरणचम्पूप्रबन्ध gaṅgā—°vataraṇa—campū-prabandha m. N. of a poem by Śaṃkara-dīkṣita.