گنگا

गंगा gaṅgā, s.f. The river Ganges (there is also a Ganges in the sky—ākāś-gaṅgā—and one under the earth);—a river or stream (generally):—gaṅgā-bāsī(for gaṅgā-vāsī), s.m. One who resides near the Ganges:—gaṅgā-pār, s.m. The further bank of the Ganges, or of any river; the country beyond the Ganges:—gaṅgā-pānī, s.m. Ganges-water; river-water:—gaṅgā-putr, s.m. A Brāhmaṇwho conducts pilgrims to the Ganges; a Brāhmaṇpriest who officiates by the Ganges;—a man of low caste employed in removing dead bodies:—gaṇgā-prāpti, s.f. Dying on the banks of the Ganges:—gaṅgā-tīr, s.m. Bank of the Ganges;—country along the banks of the Ganges:—gaṅgā-jal, s.m. Gangeswater (holy water); river-water:—gaṅgā-jalī, s.f. A vessel in which Ganges-water is kept:—gaṅgā-jalīuṭhānā, 'To take up a vessel containing Ganges-water,'to swear on the water of the Ganges:—gaṅgā-jamnā, s.f. The Ganges and Jamnārivers;—a mixture of any kind;—a mode of adjusting the interest of a loan (the debtor being credited with the interest of the instalments paid by him, while he is debited, per contra, with the interest of the full amount on the original loan):—gaṅgā-jamnī, adj. Mixed (as oil and butter); made of mixed metal (as of gold and silver, or of brass and copper);—s.f. A mixture of gold and silver, or of brass and copper;—an ear-ring made of such mixed metal:—gaṅgā-dvār (the gate of the Gangeś), s.m. The place (Hardwār) where the Ganges issues from the mountains and enters the plains:—gaṅgāduhā`ī, By the Ganges (I swear):—gaṅgā-dhar, s.m. Ganges-supporter'; an epithet 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); a proper name (of a man):—gaṅgā-sāgar, s.m. The place where the Ganges empties itself into the ocean; the mouths of the Ganges:—gaṅgā-snān, vulg. gaṅgā-asnānor aśnān, or gaṅgā-nahān, s.m. Bathing in the Ganges (esp. as an act of devotion);—an annual fair held on the Ganges on the last day of Kārttik:—gaṅgā-kshetr, s.m. The sacred district of the Ganges, i.e. the river Ganges and the country extending about two koson either side of its banks (all dying within these limits go to heaven, whatever their crimes):—gaṅgā-lābh honā, To die on either bank of the Ganges; to go to heaven:—gaṅgā-mātāor gaṅgā-mā`ī, s.f. Holy Mother Ganges:—gaṅgānahānā, To bathe in the Ganges; to be freed from sin and go to heaven:—gaṅgotrī(˚gā+ut˚), s.f. The source of the Ganges, the place where it springs from the mountains:—gaṅgodak (˚gā+ud˚), s.m. Ganges water;—water of any sacred river:—gaṇgorddha (˚gā+ūr˚), s.m. The rising of the Ganges (or of any other river) in the rains:—gaṅgā-yātrā, s.f. Pilgrimage to, the Ganges;—carrying a sick person to the river-side to die there.