Bhagiratha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A great king who brought the River Ganges, personified as the river goddess Ganga, to Earth from the heavens.

Word forms

Bhagiratha

Etymology

From Sanskrit भगीरथ (bhagīratha).

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