Lexicons, Nirukta & Buddhist · c. 6th century CE
मन्दाकिनी वियद्गङ्गा स्वर्णदी सुरदीर्घिका ॥ १.१.११६ ॥
'The river of heaven.' — H.T. Colebrooke (1808)
'The gods' long water-course'. Fourth synonym in the same verse, and the one whose astronomical reference is weakest — it need mean no more than a celestial watercourse in the abstract.
Amarakośa 1.1.116 (Svarga-varga) · text · translation