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gaṅgā

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.