गाङ्गायनि

{ gāṅgāyaniḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

गाङ्गायनि  m.  m. ( g. तिका-दि) metron. fr. ग॑ङ्गा, [Pravar. ii, 4, 1; iv, 8]
भीष्म (son of शान्तनु's first wife गङ्गा), [L.]
स्कन्द (generated from शिव's vivifying principle first cast into अग्नि and afterwards received by गङ्गा), [L.]
°ग्याय्°   for , [W.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

गाङ्गायनिः [gāṅgāyaniḥ]   [गङ्गाया अपत्यं फिञ्] N. of Bhīsma or Kārtikeya.

Shabda-Sagara

गाङ्गायनि  f.  ( -निः)
1. A name of BHISHMA.
2. A name of KARTIKEYA,
E. गङ्गा the personified river, (as the wife of SANTANU, in the first instance, and mother of the hero; and in the second, as the receiver of KARTIKEYA, the son of SIVA, from AGNI, the god of fire.) and फिञ् patronymic aff.

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गङ्गा फिञ्