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