84000 Glossary of Terms

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གང་གཱ། | Glossary of Terms

    གང་གཱ།

    gang gA

    Gaṅgā

  • Person
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Publications: 4
Translation by James Gentry
  • Gaṅgā
  • གངྒཱ།
  • gang+gA
  • Gaṅgā
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Translation by Wiesiek Mical · Anna Zilman · Andreas Doctor · Adam Krug
  • Gaṅgā
  • གང་གཱ།
  • gang gA
  • Gaṅgā

The river Gaṅgā (personified).

Translation by Roger Espel Llima · Alex Yiannopoulos · Lowell Cook · Ryan Conlon
  • Gaṅgā
  • གང་ག་མ།
  • gang ga ma
  • Gaṅgā

The Brahmanical goddess identified with the Ganges River.

Translation by Adam Krug
  • Gaṅgā
  • གང་གཱ།
  • gang gA
  • Gaṅgā

A river goddess.