[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c7.16 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.16 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.16 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.16) 1. Ākāsagaṅgā.—The river that flows southward from the Anotatta Lake receives, in its different stages, various names. That part of it which flows sixty leagues through the air is called Ākāsagaṅgā.¹ The Buddha’s discourse on various topics (pakiṇṇakakathā) is like the downward flow of the Ākāsagaṅgā²; so also is the eloquence of clever preachers.³ - [Previous: v1.c7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.15) - [Next: v1.c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.17) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.16) · Pramāṇa