Sanskrit

Proper noun

गङ्गा • ‎(gáṅgā) f

1. the river Ganges
2. Ganges river personified as the goddess, Ganga
   • RV 10.75.5

     इमं मे गङगे यमुने सरस्वति शुतुद्रि सतेमं सचता परुष्ण्या |

     असिक्न्या मरुद्व्र्धे वितस्तयार्जीकीये शर्णुह्यासुषोमया ||

     imaṃ me ghaṅghe yamune sarasvati śutudri stemaṃ sacatā paruṣṇyā |

     asiknyā marudvṛdhe vitastayārjīkīye śṛṇuhyāsuṣomayā ||

     Favour ye this my laud, O Gaṅgā, Yamunā, O Sutudri, Paruṣṇī and Sarasvatī:

     With Asikni, Vitasta, O Marudvrdha, O Ārjīkīya with Susoma hear my call.

Declension