Bahalaganga, Bahalagaṅgā: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesThe name given to a portion of the river flowing from the south of Himava. The section is that which flows between the Tiyaggalapokkharani and the Ummaggaganga. It flows through a rock for a distance of sixty leagues. SNA.ii.439; AA.ii.760; UdA.302; MA.i.586.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Act 1.7: Explanation of the parable ‘as numerous as the sands of the Ganges’ < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]