[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.482 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.482 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.482 - **Language:** English ### [c5.482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.482) (1) Gaṅgādevī. This Devī who flows in the form of water and washes off men's sins takes her origin from the body of Mahāviṣṇu. (There is another story which traces Gaṅgā's origin to the Aṇḍa (egg or seed) of Brahmā). (See Gaṅgā). - [Previous: c5.481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.481) - [Next: c5.483](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.483) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.482](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.482) · Pramāṇa