आकाशगङ्गा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

आकाश (ākāśa, sky) +‎ गङ्गा (gaṅgā, river).

Proper noun

आकाशगङ्गा • (ākāśagaṅgā)

  1. A name for the Milky Way galaxy.
  2. A name for a component of the river Ganga in lore, the component which flows in the heavens.

Descendants

  • Bengali: আকাশগঙ্গা (akaśgoṅga)
  • Gujarati: આકાશગંગા (ākāśgaṅgā)
  • Hindi: आकाशगंगा (ākāśgaṅgā)
  • Punjabi: ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗੰਗਾ (ākāśgaṅgā)