[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s12.83 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.83 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s12.83 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.83) Gaṅgā, the modern Ganges, is mentioned directly in the Rigveda only once, in the Nadī-stuti or ‘Praise of Rivers.’¹ But it is also referred to in the derivative form gāṅgyaḥ as an epithet of Urukakṣa.³ The name of this river does not occur in the other Saṃhitās, but appears in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,⁴ where victories of Bharata Dauḥṣanti on both Gaṅgā and Yamunā are referred to, and in the Taittirīya Āraṇyaka⁵ especial honour is assigned to those who dwell between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, this being, no doubt, the region in which that text originated. The identification of the Gaṅgā with the Apayā⁶ made by Ludwig⁷ must be rejected: see Apayā. - [Previous: v1.c3.s12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.82) - [Next: v1.c3.s12.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.84) - [Up: v1.c3.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.83) · Pramāṇa