Gangeshvara, Gaṅgeśvara: 5 definitions
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Gangeshvara 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.
The Sanskrit term Gaṅgeśvara can be transliterated into English as Gangesvara or Gangeshvara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexGaṅgeśvara (गङ्गेश्वर).—A tīrtham on the Narmadā.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 193. 14-20.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Source: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)Gaṅgeśvara or Gaṅgeśvarapura is the name of an ancient city (pura) mentioned in the “Asankhali plates of Narasiṃha II” (1302 A.D.). The third plot of the gift land consisted of a locality called Gaṅgeśvarapura which is described as homestead land. It was also situated in the same region and was bounded on the east by the highway (rājapatha) to the west of the Vaṃśodā road and on the west by a sāla tree. It is again said that, in the west, it touched a piece of land in the possession of two persons named Gopāla and Champadāsa, while its eastern limit is said to have been a sāla tree.
These copper plates (mentioning Gaṅgeśvara-pura) were discovered from the house of a Santal inhabitant of Pargana Asankhali in the Mayurbhanj State (Orissa). It was made when king Vīra-Narasiṃhadeva was staying at the Bhairavapura-kaṭaka (city, camp or residence).
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṅgeśvara (गङ्गेश्वर):—[from gaṅgā > gaṅga] m. idem
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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.
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Starts with: Gangeshvaralinga, Gangeshvaramahatmya, Gangeshvarapura, Gangeshvarasunu.
Full-text: Gangeshvaralinga, Kavyaloka, Gangesha, Shivaditya mishra, Gangesha upadhyaya, Vardhamana upadhyaya, Gadagada, Gangeshvarapura, Raghunatha, Khandana-khanda-khadya, Tattvacintamani, Cintamani, Kiranavali.
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Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Temples in Kolagaala < [Rajadhiraja I]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 91 - The Greatness of Gaṅgeśvara < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 42 - Gaṅgeśvara (gaṅga-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
Chapter 267 - Greatness of Gaṅgāpathagaṅgeśvara (Gaṅgāpatha-gaṅgeśvara) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Jainism in Odisha (Orissa) (by Ashis Ranjan Sahoo)
Jaina Antiquities at Sainkul (Keonjhar) < [Chapter 3: Survey of Jaina Antiquities in Odisha]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.2.401 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]