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Sanskrit · proper noun · Nature & the Garden

Ganga

गंगा
said gan-gaa
also written: ganges, ganga, gang
Meaning

The Ganges, the great sacred river of India; in Iqbal's homeland verse an emblem of the land's ancient, living waters.

See it in the verse

Ganga in Iqbal’s couplets

Ai aab-e-rud-e-Ganga wo din hai yaad tujh ko
Utra tere kinare jab karwan hamara
O waters of the river Ganga, do you remember those days — when our caravan first halted upon your banks?
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PERSIAN

Hindostan

India, the land of the Indus.

SANSKRIT

Himala

The Himalaya, the towering northern rampart of India; in Iqbal's early verse the eternal sentinel and crown of Hindustan.

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