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gangara mahattva--sadhya, sadhana tahara

visnu-padotpatti--’anumana’ alankara

SYNONYMS

gangara—of the Ganges; mahattva—opulences; sadhya—subject matter; sadhana—means; tahara—of that; visnu-pada-utpatti—her origin from the lotus feet of the Lord; anumana—called anumana (hypothesis); alankara—an ornament "The real glory of mother Ganges is that she has grown from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu.

Such a hypothesis is another ornament, called anumana.