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Definition[1]

The auspicious river, the Ganges, because in it the heretics say they can wash away their sins.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[2]

指印度境內之恆河。印度上古之聖人,於將成聖道時,皆沐浴於恆河中,故一般人多稱恆河為吉河,並認為入此河沐浴者,可得滅罪。〔百論疏卷上〕

Source
佛光電子大辭典
Page
p2236
Definition[3]

===(地名)外道指恒河而云。百論疏上中曰:「外道謂恒河是吉河,入中洗者,便得罪滅。彼見上古聖人入中洗浴,便成聖道故,就朝暝及日中三時洗也。」

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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