Logangga

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese lwah (“river”) + Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “Ganga”)

Noun

Logangga

1. (poetic, rare) The river Ganges
   • 1930, Tb. Djajadilaga, transl., Ka Pulo Jawa, translation of To Java by Rabindranath Tagore:

     Sora sondari ngahioeng
     ajoen-ambing ngemban poedji
     moedja ka Kali Logangga
     lemah poetih banjoe soetji
     Batara Wisnoe ngandika
     meupeudjeuh ka djisim koering

     The voice of sundaris was humming
     swaying in praise
     worshipping towards the Ganges
     its soil white, its water sacred
     The great God Vishnu spoke to me
     advising me

References

• “Mangle. Ka Poelo Djawa”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII (in Sundanese), Bale Poestaka, 1930