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गङ्गेयक (gaGgeyaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
gaṅgeyaka, adj. (cf. Pali gaṅgeyya, Skt. gāṅgeya), [Page207-1b] of the Ganges: Mv 〔iii.423.10〕 evaṃ āyuṣmato gaṅgeyakasya nāvikasya pravrajyā upasaṃpadā bhikṣubhāvo, of the Ganges-boatman (who took the Buddha in his boat across the Ganges). Or is this meant to be the boatmanʼs name?