The Geography of the Puranas c8.79
The Geography of the Purāṇas c8.79
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c8.79
The above statement virtually repeats and supplements the Purāṇic notions regarding the Gaṅgā which have been discussed earlier in this chapter. It refers again to the celestial Gaṅgā, the snowy or glacial Gaṅgā and the fluvial Gaṅgā which included all the streams emanating from the snowy Gaṅgā. The statement may be translated as follows: