Gangayatra, Gaṅgāyātrā, Ganga-yatra: 7 definitions
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Gangayatra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṅgāyātrā (गङ्गायात्रा).—
1) a pilgrimage to the Ganges.
2) carrying a sick person to the river-side to die there.
Gaṅgāyātrā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṅgā and yātrā (यात्रा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṅgāyātrā (गङ्गायात्रा).—f.
(-trā) 1. Pilgrimage to the Ganga. 2. Carrying a sick person to the river side to die there. E. gaṅgā, and yātrā going.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṅgāyātrā (गङ्गायात्रा):—[=gaṅgā-yātrā] [from gaṅgā > gaṅga] f. pilgrimage to the Ganges (especially carrying a sick person to the river side to die there), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṅgāyātrā (गङ्गायात्रा):—[gaṅgā-yātrā] (trā) 1. f. Pilgrimage to the Ganges; carrying the sick to it.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryGaṅgāyātrā (गङ्गायात्रा):—n. 1. carrying a dying person to the riverside for their last rites; 2. a pilgrimage to the Ganges;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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