Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

gaṅgā गङ्गा – gaṅgā

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

gáṅgā ·f. the river Ganges (often personif.).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

gaṅgā gaṅgā, f. (said to be fr. rt. gam, to go), the river Ganges; the Ganges personified and con- sidered as the eldest daughter of Himavat and Menā, and wife of Śāntanu and mother of Bhīṣma, or as one of the wives of Dharma; there is also a Gaṅgā in the sky (ākāśa-gaṅgā) and one under the earth; N. of the wife of Nīla-kaṇṭha and mother of Śaṅkara; (as), m., N. of a son of Nārāyaṇa, who was the author of a commentary on the Vṛhad-araṇyakopa- niṣad; he is also called Dviveda-gaṅga.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gáṅgā f. Uṇ. 1,122. der Ganges AK. 1,2,3,30. TRIK. 1,2,30. H. 1081. ṚV. 10,75,5. ŚAT. BR. 13,5,4,11. KĀTY. ŚR. 13,3,20. TAITT. ĀR. 2,20. M. 8,92. MATSYOP. 18. INDR. 1,20. gaṅgāprapāta RAGH. 2,26. die Herabkunft der Gaṅgā MBH. 3,8831. fgg. R. 1,44. gaṅgā tripathagā (im Luftraum, auf der Erde und in der Unterwelt) HARIV. 12782. spaltet sich in 4 Flüsse VP. 170. VP. 229. gaṅgā saptavidhā MBH. 3,10821. R. 1,44,14. fgg. VP. 171, N. 12. älteste Tochter des Himavant und der Menā R. 1,36,15. Gemahlin Śāntanuʼs und Mutter Bhīṣmaʼs MBH. 1,3800. HARIV. 2967. fgg. ihr Verhältniss zu Bhagīratha HARIV. 810. fgg. R. 1,44. VP. 379. zu Jahnu HARIV. 1417. fgg. HARIV. 1757. fgg. eine der Gemahlinnen Dharmaʼs VP. 119, N. 12. ākāśagaṅgā die im Luftraum (vor ihrem Fall zur Erde) strömende G. R. 4,44,61. SUŚR. 1,114,5 (wohl die Milchstrasse). vyomagaṅgā KUMĀRAS. 6,5. gaṅgāśoṇa n. die Gaṅgā und der Śoṇa P. 2,4,7, Sch. gaṅgāṣṭaka n. acht Verse an die G. HAEB. Chr. 469. fg. Verz. d. B. H. No. 1352. Die 4 Gaṅgā auf Ceylon LIA. I, 196. — Viell. auf gam zurückzuführen.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

gaṅgā als Frauenname HALL 175. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 281,a,2.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gáṅgā f. — 1〉 der Ganges. Hat weisses Wasser Spr. 7759. Floss ehemals im Himmel, von woher Bhagīratha sie auf die Erde leitete. Sie ist die Tochter des Himavant. — 2〉 ein Frauenname.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

gáṅgā f. die Gangā (oft personif.).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

gaṅgā gaṅgā f. (gam, gam) le Gange; la déesse Gaṅgā. gaṅgācillī f. la mouette rieuse ou larus risibundus, esp. de palmipède. gaṅgāja m. (jan) surn. de Bhīṣma et de Kārttikeya. gaṅgāṭeya m. (aṭ) esp. de crevette du Gange. gaṅgādvāra n. la Porte-du-Gange, embrasure par où le Gange descend de l'Himālaya; cf. Haridwâra. gaṅgādhara m. (dhṛ) Śiva qui a soutenu sur sa tête la chûte du Gange. gaṅgāsuta m. (su) Bhīṣma; Kārttikeya.

Occurrences in source texts (7)

HP 3 occurrences
HP 3.94-3.102*1: Śakti Cālana 2 occurrences

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HP 4.78-4.78*1: Conclusion and Tīrtha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 5.132-5.143: Innere Vārāṇasī 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 2 occurrences

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