Category: G

gaNgama ¦ mfn. going, moving, L.

gagane-cara ¦ mfn. going in the air, R. iii, 39, 26; BhP. vi, 17, 1

restless, inconstant, L.

gaganAravinda ¦ n. = akusuma, Śaṃkar. xxii, 5; Tarkas. 103.

gaNgakA ¦ f. (dimin. fr. °NgA), the Ganges, Vop.

gaganecara ¦ m. a bird, MBh. i, 1317

N. of the wife of Nīla-kaṇṭha and mother of Śaṃkara

gaNgA—dvAra—mAhAtmya ¦ n. N. of a part of the SkandaP.

N. of a man

of a commentator on Bhāskara

of a commentator on the Śārīraka-sūtras

gaNgA—cillI ¦ f. ‘Gangetic kite’, the black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus), L.

of a lexicographer

gaNgA—ja ¦ m. ‘the son of Gaṅgā’, N. of the deity Kārttikeya, MBh.

gaNgA—Dara ¦ m. ‘Ganges-receiver’, the ocean, L.

of Bhīṣma, L.

‘Ganges-supporter’, N. of Śiva (according to the legend the Ganges in its descent from heaven first alighted on the head… read more gaNgADara:- gaNgA—Dara

gaNgA—jala ¦ n. the water of the Ganges, holy water by which it is customary to administer oaths, W.

gaNgA—Dara—cUrRa ¦ n. a particular powder

N. of a copyist (about 1542 A.D.)

gaNgA—Dara—pura ¦ n. N. of a town.

gaNgA—tIrTa ¦ n. N. of a Tīrtha, Hariv. 9520.

gaNgA—Dara—Bawwa ¦ m. N. of a scholiast

gaNgA—dAsa ¦ m. N. of the author of the Chando-govinda, of the Chando-mañjarī and of the Acyuta-carita

gaNgAeya ¦ (A) m. ‘going in the Ganges’, a shrimp or prawn, L.

gaNgA—tIra ¦ n. the bank of the Ganges, W.

gaNgA—devI ¦ f. N. of a woman.

gaNgAitya ¦ m. (A) a form of the sun, KāśīKh. vli, 46; li.

gaNgA—dvAra ¦ n. ‘the door of the Ganges’, N. of a town situated where the Ganges enters the plains (also… read more gaNgAdvAra:- gaNgA—dvAra

gaNgA—putra ¦ m. (= -ja) N. of Bhīṣma, L.

a Brāhman who conducts pilgrims to the Ganges (especially at Benares), W.

gaNgA—pattrI ¦ f. N. of a plant, L.

gaNgA—nAga-rAja ¦ m. N. of a Nāga, Buddh.; L.

gaNgA—purI-BawwAraka ¦ m. N. of a man.

gaNgA—Bft ¦ m. (= -Dara) N. of Śiva, L.

gaNgA—maha ¦ m. ‘a kind of festival’, cf. gANgAmahika.

gaNgAbu ¦ n. (A) Ganges water, W.

gaNgA—maDya ¦ n. the bed or stream of the Ganges, W.

gaNgA—mahA-dvAra ¦ n. = -dvara, MBh. v, 111, 16.

gaNgA—Dara—mADava ¦ m. N. of the father of Dādābhaï