Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.356
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.356
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1. **Bhāgirathī.**—A name for the Ganges.¹ The river was so called because the sage Bhagiratha filled up the ocean with the Ganges whom he made his daughter.² It may also be the name of a separate river flowing from the Himālaya and forming one of the chief sources of the Ganges. The river flowed past Haṃsavatī.³ *v.l.* **Bhagīrasī, Bhāgirathī.**