[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) › c7.110 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.110 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.110 - **Language:** English ### [c7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.110) 6) \*Gaṅgā set on the thighs of Pratīpa.\* Gaṅgā once fell in love with Pratīpa, father of Śantanu, and set on his right thigh he (Pratīpa) was doing penance on the banks of the Gaṅgā for a son. Pratīpa did not agree to Gaṅgā’s proposal that he should marry her and told her thus: “the right thigh is for the children and daughters-in-law to sit on and the left thigh for the wife; therefore, you be my son’s wife.” - [Previous: c7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.109) - [Next: c7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.111) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.110) · Pramāṇa