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)

Shiva bears goddess Ganga on his head as she descends from heaven

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

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐŋ.ɡɑː.d̪ʱɐ.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

गङ्गाधर • (gaṅgādhara) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) "holder of the Ganges", an epithet of Shiva

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गङ्गाधर

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

Descendants

• → Bengali: গঙ্গাধর (goṅgadhor)
• → Gujarati: ગંગાધર (gaṅgādhar)
• → Hindi: गंगाधर (gaṅgādhar)
• → Kannada: ಗಂಗಾಧರ (gaṅgādhara)
• → Marathi: गंगाधर (gaṅgādhar)
• → Tamil: கங்காதரன் (kaṅkātaraṉ)
• → Telugu: గంగాధరుడు (gaṅgādharuḍu)