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GANGES , s.
(The River) गङ्गा, गङ्गाका, गङ्गिका. The name Gangā is derived from the root gam,
‘to go,’ i. e.
‘that which goes or flows on the earth,’ whence also the name भवायना,
‘going in the world.’ (Daughter of Jahnu. The Ganges in its course from heaven disturbed the de- votions of this saint, upon which he drank up its waters, but released them again at the intercession of the sage Bhagīratha. Hence the following names) जाह्नवी, जह्नुतनया,जह्नुसुता, भागीरथी (Crest of Siva. The Ganges, in its descent from heaven, alighted on the head of Siva, where it wandered for a time in the tresses of his hair) हरशेखरा.
(River of heaven) स्वर्णदी, सुरनदी, सुरनिम्नगा, स्वरापगा, स्वर्गगङ्गा,स्वर्वापी, खापगा, सिद्धापगा. —
(Flowing in heaven, earth, and hell) त्रिपथगा, त्रिस्रोताःf. (स्). —
(Flowing from the foot of Vishnu) विष्णुपदी. — (Mother of Bhīṣma) भीष्मसूःf. —
(The very auspicious one) महाभद्रा.
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Ganges,s.
गंगा, मंदाकिनी, वियद्गंगा, स्वर्णदी, सुरदीर्घिका, जाह्नवी, जह्नुतनया-कन्या, भा- -गीरथी, अमरापगा, सुरनदी, त्रिस्रोतस्f., त्रिपथगा.
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GANGES , s. (As mother of Kārtikeya)
कुमारसूः.
‘The Ganges of heaven,’ स्वर्गङ्गा, आकाशगङ्गा;
‘of the infernal regions,’ भोगवती.
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