Ganges: 3 definitions
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Ganges means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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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In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Ganges (गंगा): A holy river in Northern India, believed to be a goddess by Hindus (see Ganges in Hinduism), Equivalent Ganges, The story of the birth of the Ganges was told to Rama and Laxmana by Vishvamitra.
India history and geography
Ganges civilization.—Nearly a millennium after the Indus civilization had collapsed, the Ganges civilization arose in the first millennium BCE. Among the first cities to emerge in the Ganges plains from about 800 BCE were Mathura, Kanyakubja (modern Kanauj), Kauśāmbi and Vārāṇasī (Benares) in today’s Uttar Pradesh, Rājagṛha (Rajgir) and Vaiśalī in Bihar. But this urban development extended beyond the Ganges valley, as testified by Takṣaśilā (Taxila, today in northern Pakistan), Ujjayinī (Ujjain, in Madhya Pradesh) or Śiśupālgarh (probably the ancient Kaliṅganagar, near Bhubaneswar in Odisha).
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Gaṅges (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 吉河 [jí hé]: “Ganges” [Sanskrit place name].
2) 天堂來 [tiān táng lái]: “Ganges” [Sanskrit place name].
3) 強伽 [qiáng jiā]: “Ganges” [Sanskrit place name].
4) 殑伽 [qíng jiā]: “Ganges” [Sanskrit place name].
5) 殑河 [qíng hé]: “Ganges” [Sanskrit place name].
6) 竸伽 [jìng jiā]: “Gaṅgā”; “Ganges” [Sanskrit place name].
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): The, The, Te, Ganges, Ganga.
Starts with (+0): Ganga, Ganges amaranth, Ganges river asystasia, Gangesha, Gangesha dikshita, Gangesha sharman, Gangesha upadhyaya, Gangeshamishra, Gangeshamishra upadhyaya, Gangeshasharma, Gangeshthi, Gangeshti, Gangeshvara, Gangeshvaralinga, Gangeshvaramahatmya, Gangeshvarapura, Gangeshvarasunu.
Full-text (+1271): Ganga, Bhagirathi, Mandakini, Suranadi, Triveni, Surapaga, Kaushambi, Svarganga, Yamuna, Svarvapi, Surasarit, Gangibhuta, Suranimnaga, Bhavayana, Patalaganga, Gangamadhya, Saridvara, Vankshu, Harashekhara, Pataliputra.
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Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Appendix 2 - Identification of Geographical names mentioned in the Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Part 23 - The story of kāvya-puruṣa by Rājaśekhara < [Chapter 2 - A General Outlines of Sanskrit Poetics]
Part 7.6 - Poetic conventions regarding to the Oceans and Water < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 11 - On the origin of the Ganges < [Book 9]
Chapter 7 - On the Ganges and the Varṣas < [Book 8]
Chapter 12 - On the origin of Gaṅgā < [Book 9]
The Ganges and the GAP: An Assessment of Efforts to Clean a Sacred River < [Volume 4, Issue 8, August (2012)]
Assessment of the Impacts of Spatial Water Resource Variability on Energy... < [Volume 13, Issue 13 (2021)]
Assessing the Impact of the Farakka Barrage on Hydrological Alteration in the... < [Volume 14, Issue 9 (2022)]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.1.121 < [Chapter 1 - Meeting Again at the House of Śrī Advaita Ācārya]
Verse 3.5.709 < [Chapter 5 - The Pastimes of Nityānanda]
Verse 1.2.44-45 < [Chapter 2 - The Lord’s Appearance]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
Impact of Covid-19 Lockdown on Availability of Drinking Water in the... < [Volume 18, Issue 6 (2021)]
Water Quality Criteria and Ecological Risk Assessment of Typical Transition... < [Volume 19, Issue 23 (2022)]
Groundwater Arsenic Distribution in India by Machine Learning Geospatial... < [Volume 17, Issue 19 (2020)]