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गङ्गाधर

   
Script: Devanagari

गङ्गाधर

नेपाली (Nepali) WN | Nepali  Nepali |   | 
   See : शङ्कर

गङ्गाधर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
गङ्गा—धर  m. m. ‘Ganges-receiver’, the ocean, [L.]
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गङ्गा धर
   ‘Ganges-supporter’, N. of शिव (according to the legend the Ganges in its descent from heaven first alighted on the head of शिव 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 शारीरक-सूत्रs
   of a commentator on भास्कर

गङ्गाधर

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  English |   | 
गङ्गाधर  m.  (-रः)
   1. An epithet of SIVA.
   2. The ocean.
   E. गङ्गा the Ganges, and धर who possesses or receives; according to the legend, the Ganges in its descent first alighted on the head of SIVA, and con- tinued for some period entangled in his hair.
ROOTS:
गङ्गा धर

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