गङ्गा

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Pali

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Proper noun

गङ्गा f

  1. Devanagari script form of gaṅgā (“Ganges”)

Declension

Declension table of "गङ्गा" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingular
Nominative (first)गङ्गा (gaṅgā)
Accusative (second)गङ्गं (gaṅgaṃ)
Instrumental (third)गङ्गाय (gaṅgāya)
Dative (fourth)गङ्गाय (gaṅgāya)
Ablative (fifth)गङ्गाय (gaṅgāya)
Genitive (sixth)गङ्गाय (gaṅgāya)
Locative (seventh)गङ्गाय (gaṅgāya) or गङ्गायं (gaṅgāyaṃ)
Vocative (calling)गङ्गे (gaṅge)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Probably from the root गम् (gam, “to go, move”), literally meaning "swift-goer". If a folk etymology, perhaps alternatively of substrate origin.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

गङ्गा • (gaṅgā) stem, f

  1. (geography) Ganga (a river in India)
  2. (Vedic religion, Hinduism) the Ganges river personified as the goddess, Ganga
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5:
      इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।
      अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒यार्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥
      imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.
      asiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā.
      Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Asiknī, Marudvṛdha and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of गङ्गा (gaṅgā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गङ्गा
gaṅgā 		गङ्गे
gaṅge 		गङ्गाः
gaṅgāḥ
Vocative गङ्गे
gaṅge 		गङ्गे
gaṅge 		गङ्गाः
gaṅgāḥ
Accusative गङ्गाम्
gaṅgām 		गङ्गे
gaṅge 		गङ्गाः
gaṅgāḥ
Instrumental गङ्गया / गङ्गा¹
gaṅgayā / gaṅgā¹ 		गङ्गाभ्याम्
gaṅgābhyām 		गङ्गाभिः
gaṅgābhiḥ
Dative गङ्गायै
gaṅgāyai 		गङ्गाभ्याम्
gaṅgābhyām 		गङ्गाभ्यः
gaṅgābhyaḥ
Ablative गङ्गायाः / गङ्गायै²
gaṅgāyāḥ / gaṅgāyai² 		गङ्गाभ्याम्
gaṅgābhyām 		गङ्गाभ्यः
gaṅgābhyaḥ
Genitive गङ्गायाः / गङ्गायै²
gaṅgāyāḥ / gaṅgāyai² 		गङ्गयोः
gaṅgayoḥ 		गङ्गानाम्
gaṅgānām
Locative गङ्गायाम्
gaṅgāyām 		गङ्गयोः
gaṅgayoḥ 		गङ्गासु
gaṅgāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गङ्गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 457
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