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गङ्गामहाद्वार (gaGgAmahAdvAra)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गङ्गा—महा-द्वार
n.
=
-द्वर,
MBh.
v, 111, 16.
Mahabharata
English
Gaṅgāmahādvāra, v. Gāyantikādvāra.
पुराणम्
English
गंगामहाद्वारम् / GAṄGĀMAHĀDVĀRA(M). The particular spot on the Himālayan peak wherefrom gaṅgā starts. Those who go there die in ice-falls. Only nara and nārāyaṇa have crossed this place. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 111, Verse 16).