Dear Steven and friends,

yes, the word can refer to either the Ganges, or a river.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Hodge wrote:
5. We see no ships on the river.
maya.m / passaama / na naavaayo / ga'ngaaya.m
Maya.m ga'ngaaya.m naavaayo na passaama.

Shouldn't "ga'ngaaya.m" be 'the [river] Ganges' ?