गङ्गा [ gaṅgā ] [ gáṅgā ] f. (√ [ gam ] Lit. Uṇ.) " swift-goer " , the river Ganges (personified and considered as the eldest daughter of Himavat and Menā Lit. R. i , 36 , 15 ; as the wife of Śāntanu and mother of Bhīshma Lit. MBh. i , 3800 Lit. Hariv. 2967 ff. ; or as one of the wives of Dharma Lit. PadmaP. ; there is also a Gaṅgā in the sky ( [ ākāśa- ] or [ vyoma-g ] , qq. vv. ; cf. [ khāpagā ] , [ gaganāpagā ] ) and one below the earth Lit. Hariv. 12782 ; Bhagī-ratha is said to have conducted the heavenly Gaṅgā down to the earth , Lit. 810 ff. Lit. R. i , ch. 44) Lit. RV. x , 75 , 5 Lit. ŚBr. xiii Lit. TĀr. ( 341,2 )

  N. of the wife of Nīla-kaṇṭha and mother of Śaṃkara

  [ gaṅgā ] ifc. see [ dviveda-gaṅga ] .