गङ्गा

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • gaṅgā (Latin script)
  • 𑀕𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • গঙ্গা (Bengali script)
  • ගඞ‍්ගා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂင်္ဂါ or ၷင်္ၷႃ or ၷင်ၷႃ (Burmese script)
  • คงฺคา or คังคา (Thai script)
  • ᨣᩘᨣᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄງ຺ຄາ or ຄັງຄາ (Lao script)
  • គង្គា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄋𑄴𑄉𑄂 (Chakma script)

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

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬕᬗ᭄ᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
  • গঙ্গা (Assamese script)
  • গঙ্গা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ગઙ્ગા (Gujarati script)
  • ਗਙੑਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦒꦔ꧀ꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
  • គង្គា (Khmer script)
  • ಗಙ್ಗಾ (Kannada script)
  • ຄງ຺ຄາ (Lao script)
  • ഗങ്ഗാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘐𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠠᢊᠺᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡤᠠᢛᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • ဂင်္ဂါ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦰𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଗଙ୍ଗା (Oriya script)
  • ꢔꢖ꣄ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ගඞ්ගා (Sinhalese script)
  • గఙ్గా (Telugu script)
  • คงฺคา (Thai script)
  • ག་ངྒཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Literally meaning "swift-goer", from the root गम् (gam, “to go, move”).

Proper noun

गङ्गा • (gáṅgā) f

  1. the river Ganges
  2. Ganges river personified as the goddess, Ganga
    • RV 10.75.5
      इमं मे गङगे यमुने सरस्वति शुतुद्रि सतेमं सचता परुष्ण्या |
      असिक्न्या मरुद्व्र्धे वितस्तयार्जीकीये शर्णुह्यासुषोमया ||
      imaṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śutudri stemaṃ sacatā paruṣṇyā |
      asiknyā marudvṛdhe vitastayārjīkīye śṛṇuhyāsuṣomayā ||
      Favour ye this my laud, O Gaṅgā, Yamunā, O Sutudri, Paruṣṇī and Sarasvatī:
      With Asikni, Vitasta, O Marudvrdha, O Ārjīkīya with Susoma hear my call.

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of गङ्गा (gáṅgā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गङ्गा
gáṅgā		 गङ्गे
gáṅge		 गङ्गाः
gáṅgāḥ
Vocative गङ्गे
gáṅge		 गङ्गे
gáṅge		 गङ्गाः
gáṅgāḥ
Accusative गङ्गाम्
gáṅgām		 गङ्गे
gáṅge		 गङ्गाः
gáṅgāḥ
Instrumental गङ्गया / गङ्गा¹
gáṅgayā / gáṅgā¹		 गङ्गाभ्याम्
gáṅgābhyām		 गङ्गाभिः
gáṅgābhiḥ
Dative गङ्गायै
gáṅgāyai		 गङ्गाभ्याम्
gáṅgābhyām		 गङ्गाभ्यः
gáṅgābhyaḥ
Ablative गङ्गायाः
gáṅgāyāḥ		 गङ्गाभ्याम्
gáṅgābhyām		 गङ्गाभ्यः
gáṅgābhyaḥ
Genitive गङ्गायाः
gáṅgāyāḥ		 गङ्गयोः
gáṅgayoḥ		 गङ्गानाम्
gáṅgānām
Locative गङ्गायाम्
gáṅgāyām		 गङ्गयोः
gáṅgayoḥ		 गङ्गासु
gáṅgāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • → Ancient Greek: Γάγγης (Gángēs)
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀕𑀸 (gaṃgā)
    • Old Awadhi: 𑂏𑂰𑂀𑂏
  • → Assamese: গংগা (goṅga)
  • → Bengali: গঙ্গা (goṅga)
  • → Czech: Ganga
  • → Dhivehi: ގަންގާ‎ (gan̊gā)
  • → Gujarati: ગંગા (gaṅgā)
  • → Hindi: गंगा (gaṅgā)
  • → Kannada: ಗಂಗಾ (gaṅgā)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • → Malayalam: ഗംഗ (gaṅga)
  • → Marathi: गंगा (gaṅgā)
  • → Middle Chinese: 恆伽 (MC ɦəŋ ɡɨɑ)
  • → Middle Persian:
  • → Old Javanese:
    • Javanese: ꦒꦁꦒ (gangga)
  • → Old Tamil:
    • Tamil: கங்கை (kaṅkai)
  • → Oriya: ଗଙ୍ଗା (gôṅga)
  • Pali: gaṅgā
  • → Punjabi: ਗੰਗਾ (gaṅgā)
  • → Sinhalese: ගංගා (gaṁgā)
  • → Telugu: గంగ (gaṅga)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गङ्गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341.

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