[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) › v2.c30.356 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.356 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.356 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.356) 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.\*\* - [Previous: v2.c30.355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.355) - [Next: v2.c30.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.357) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.356) · Pramāṇa