[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) › c9.3590 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3590 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3590 - **Language:** English ### [c9.3590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3590) URVAŚĪ II. Another name of Gaṅgā. As she sat on the Ūru (thigh) of Bhagiratha, Gaṅgā got the name Urvaśī. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 60, Stanza 6). - [Previous: c9.3589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3589) - [Next: c9.3591](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3591) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.7.60.6) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.3590) · Pramāṇa