गङ्गाधर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • গঙ্গাধৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᬗ᭄ᬕᬵᬥᬭ (Balinese script)
  • গঙ্গাধর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰯𑰠𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀥𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂင်္ဂါဓရ (Burmese script)
  • ગઙ્ગાધર (Gujarati script)
  • ਗਙ੍ਗਾਧਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌧𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦔ꧀ꦒꦴꦣꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂰𑂡𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗಙ್ಗಾಧರ (Kannada script)
  • គង្គាធរ (Khmer script)
  • ຄງ຺ຄາຘຣ (Lao script)
  • ഗങ്ഗാധര (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠠᢛᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘰𑘠𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠠᢊᠺᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧑𑧀𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐵𑐢𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ଗଙ୍ଗାଧର (Odia script)
  • ꢔꢖ꣄ꢔꢵꢤꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆳𑆣𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖯𑖠𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • ගඞ‍්ගාධර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩛𑩮𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚭𑚜𑚤 (Takri script)
  • க³ங்க³ாத⁴ர (Tamil script)
  • గఙ్గాధర (Telugu script)
  • คงฺคาธร (Thai script)
  • ག་ངྒཱ་དྷ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒰𑒡𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨊𑨜𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “Ganges”) +‎ धर (dhara, “holding, bearing, supporting”), referring to the Hindu belief that the Ganges flows through the matted locks of Shiva's hair.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

गङ्गाधर • (gaṅgādhara) stem, m

  1. (Hinduism) "holder of the Ganges", an epithet of Shiva
    • c. 500 CE – 1000, Liṅga Purāṇa 1.98.29:
      वारीयान् वरदो वन्द्यः शंकरः परमेश्वरः ।
      गङ्गाधरः शूलधरः परार्थैकप्रयोजनः ॥
      vārīyān varado vandyaḥ śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ.
      gaṅgādharaḥ śūladharaḥ parārthaikaprayojanaḥ.
      [Viṣṇu eulogised Śiva by addressing him as] The Excellent One, the bestower of boons, Śaṃkara (the maker of delight), the Primordial Lord.
      The bearer of the Ganges, the bearer of the trident, the one who always strives for the sake of others.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गङ्गाधर
singular
nominative गङ्गाधरः (gaṅgādharaḥ)
accusative गङ्गाधरम् (gaṅgādharam)
instrumental गङ्गाधरेण (gaṅgādhareṇa)
dative गङ्गाधराय (gaṅgādharāya)
ablative गङ्गाधरात् (gaṅgādharāt)
genitive गङ्गाधरस्य (gaṅgādharasya)
locative गङ्गाधरे (gaṅgādhare)
vocative गङ्गाधर (gaṅgādhara)

Descendants

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