Bhāgīrathī v.l. Bhagīrasī
PlaceAlso known as Bhagīrathī
Un nom pour le fleuve Gange, censé provenir du sage Bhagīratha qui en remplit l’océan, bien qu’il puisse aussi désigner une rivière distincte coulant de l’Himālaya en passant par Haṃsavatī comme l’une des principales sources du Gange
A name for the Gaṅgā (e.g., J.v.93, 255; Ap.ii.436). The river was so called because the sage Bhagīratha filled up the ocean with the Gaṅgā whom he made his daughter (Mahābhārata, iii. 107, 9961; v.178, 7096). It may also be the name of a separate river flowing from the Himavā and forming one of the chief sources of the Gaṅgā. The river flowed past Haṃsavatī (e.g., Ap.i.51; ii.343).
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