गण gaṇa [ noun m ] m. a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants RV. AV. etc. troops or classes of inferior deities (especially certain troops of demi-gods considered as śiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of the god gaṇe*śa; cf. -devatā) Mn. Ya1jn5. Lalit. etc. a single attendant of śiva VarBr2S. Katha1s. Ra1jat. iii, 270 N. of gaṇe*śa W. a company, any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims Mn. Ya1jn5. Hit. the 9 assemblies of ṛṣis under the arhat mahā-vīra Jain. a sect in philosophy or religion W. a small body of troops (= 3 gulmas or 27 chariots and as many elephants, 81 horses, and 135 foot) MBh. i, 291 a series or group of asterisms or lunar mansions classed under three heads (that of the gods, that of the men, and that of the rākṣasas) W. (in arithm.) a number L. (in metre) a foot or four instants (cf. -cchandas) (in Gr.) a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series (e.g. ad-ādi, the g. ad etc. or the whole series of roots of the 2nd class; gargā*di, the g. garga etc. or the series of words commencing with garga) a particular group of sāmans La1t2y. i, 6, 5 VarYogay. viii, 7 a kind of perfume L. = vāc (i.e. "a series of verses") Naigh. i, 11 N. of an author gaṇā: [ noun f ] f. N. of one of the mothers in skanda's retinue MBh. ix, 2645 (cf. ahar-, marúd-, vṛ́ṣa-, sá-, saptá-, sárva-; deva-,mahā-,andvida-gaṇá.) गणकर्णिका gaṇakarṇikā [ noun f ] f. Cucumis coloquinthida L. गणकर्मन् gaṇakarman [ noun n ] n. a rite common to a whole class or to all Kaus3. गणकाम gaṇakāma [ noun m f[gaṇakāmā] n ] mfn. desirous of a body of attendants S3a1n3khGr2. ii, 2, 13. गणकार gaṇakāra [ noun m ] m. arranging into classes, classifier W. one who collects grammatical gaṇas Ka1t. Sch. v.l. for °ri. गणकारि gaṇakāri [ noun m ] (or gaṇakā*ri, "enemy of astrologers" ?) m. N. of a man g. kurv-ādi (cf. gāṇagāri.) गणकारिता gaṇakāritā [ noun f ] f. N. of wk. Sa1h. Sch. गणकुमार gaṇakumāra [ noun m ] m. N. of the founder of a sect worshipping haridrā-gaṇapati S3am2kar. गणकृत्वस् gaṇakṛtvas ind. for a whole series of times Vop. vii, 70.
गणचक्र gaṇacakra [ noun n ] n. N. of a magical circle Hit. गणचक्रक gaṇacakraka [ noun n ] n. a guild dinner L. गणच्छन्दस् gaṇacchandas [ noun n ] n. a metre measured by feet. गणता gaṇatā [ noun f ] f. the forming a class or multitude L. the belonging to a party L. a cabal W. collusion W. classification W. arithmetic W. गणत्व gaṇatva [ noun n ] n. the forming a multitude Kaus3. (dat. -tvāyai) the office of an attendant of śiva Katha1s. vii, 110. गणदास gaṇadāsa [ noun m ] m. N. of a dancing-master Ma1lav. of a physician Bhpr. गणदीक्षा gaṇadīkṣā [ noun f ] f. initiation of a number or class, performance of rites for a number of persons W. initiation of a particular kind in which gaṇe*śa is especially worshipped L. गणदीक्षाप्रभु gaṇadīkṣāprabhu [ noun m ] m. N. of an author of mantras (with śāktas). गणदीक्षिन् gaṇadīkṣin [ noun m f[gaṇadīkṣiṇī] n ] mfn. one who officiates for a number of persons or for a corporation (as a priest) Ya1jn5. i, 161 one who has been initiated into the worship of gaṇe*śa W. गणदेव gaṇadeva [ noun m ] m. N. of a poet S3a1rn3gP. गणदेवता gaṇadevatā [ noun f ] f. pl. troops of deities who generally appear in classes (ādityas, viśvas, vasus, tuṣitas, ābhāsvaras, anilas, mahārājikas, sādhyas, and rudras) L. गणद्रव्य gaṇadravya [ noun n ] n. property of a corporation Ya1jn5. ii, 187. गणद्वीप gaṇadvīpa [ noun m ] m. a group of islands (or the N. of a particular island?) R. iv, 40, 33. गणधर gaṇadhara [ noun m ] m. the head of an assemblage of ṛṣis under the arhat mahā-vīra Jain. गणधातुपरिभाषा gaṇadhātuparibhāṣā [ noun f ] f. N. of a grammatical treatise. गणनाथ gaṇanātha [ noun m ] m. "lord of various classes of subordinate gods", śiva L. gaṇe*śa BhavP. Vet. Introd. 1. गणनायक gaṇanāyaka [ noun m ] m. the leader of the attendants of any god BhP. v, 17, 13 BhavP. "chief of śiva's attendants", gaṇe*śa MBh. i, 77 Katha1s. c, 41 the head of an assemblage or corporation VarBr2S. xv, 15 gaṇanāyikā: [ noun f ] f. durgā L. गणप gaṇapa [ noun m ] m. ( = -nātha) gaṇe*śa S3am2kar. xiv, 6 the head of a corporation VarBr2S. xxxii, 18. गणपति gaṇapati [ noun m ] m. (°ṇá-) (g. aśvapaty-ādi) the leader of a class or troop or assemblage VS. [p. 343, col. 2] (bṛhaspati) RV. ii, 23, 1 (cf. RTL. p.413) (indra) x, 112, 9 śiva L. (cf. RTL. pp. 77 and 211) gaṇe*śa (cf. also mahā-g°) Pan5cat. N. of the author of a Comm. on Caurap. of a poet S3a1rn3gP. pl. N. of a family Pravar. iii, 1 गणपतिखण्ड gaṇapatikhaṇḍa [ noun m n ] m. n. N. of BrahmaP. iii गणपतिनाथ gaṇapatinātha [ noun m ] m. N. of a man गणपतिपूजन gaṇapatipūjana [ noun n ] n. the worship of gaṇe*śa W. गणपतिपूर्वतापनीयोपनिषद् gaṇapatipūrvatāpanīyopaniṣad [ noun f ] f. N. of an Up. गणपतिपूर्वतापिनी gaṇapatipūrvatāpinī [ noun f ] f. id. गणपतिभट्ट gaṇapatibhaṭṭa [ noun m ] m. N. of the father of govindānanda गणपतिस्तवराज gaṇapatistavarāja [ noun m ] m. N. of a hymn in praise of gaṇe*śa गणपतिस्तोत्र gaṇapatistotra [ noun n ] n. prayers addressed to gaṇe*śa गणपतिहृदया gaṇapatihṛdayā [ noun f ] f. N. of a goddess Buddh. गणपत्याराधन gaṇapatyārādhana [ noun m ] m. a hymn in honour of gaṇe*śa (attributed to kaṅkola) गणपत्युपनिषद् gaṇapatyupaniṣad [ noun f ] f. N. of an Up. गणपर्वत gaṇaparvata [ noun m ] m. "the mountain frequented by troops of demi-gods", N. of the kailāsa (this mountain being the residence of śiva's attendants as well as of the kiṁnaras and yakṣas, attendants of kubera) L. गणपाठ gaṇapāṭha [ noun m ] m. a collection of the gaṇas or series of words following the same grammatical rule (ascribed to pāṇini). गणपाद gaṇapāda [ noun m ] m. g. yuktā*rohyādi. गणपीठक gaṇapīṭhaka [ noun n ] n. the breast or bosom L. गणपुंगव gaṇapuṁgava [ noun m ] m. the head of a corporation VarBr2S. iv, 24. गणपूज्य gaṇapūjya [ noun m ] m. id., xvi, 33. गणपूर्व gaṇapūrva [ noun m ] m. id. MBh. xiii, 1591. गणप्रमुख gaṇapramukha [ noun m ] m. id. Buddh. L. गणभर्तृ gaṇabhartṛ [ noun m ] m. ( = -nātha) śiva Kir. v, 42. गणभृत् gaṇabhṛt [ noun m ] m. = -dhara Jain. गणभोजन gaṇabhojana [ noun n ] n. eating in common Buddh. गणमुख्य gaṇamukhya [ noun m ] m. = -puṁgava VarBr2S. गणयज्ञ gaṇayajña [ noun m ] m. = -karman Ka1tyS3r. xxii, 11, 12; xxv, 13, 29. गणयाग gaṇayāga [ noun m ] m. worship of the troops or classes of deities VarBr2S. ii. गणरत्न gaṇaratna [ noun n ] n. "pearls of gaṇas" (only in comp.) गणरत्नकार gaṇaratnakāra [ noun m ] m. "author of the pearls of gaṇas" i.e. vardhamāna गणरत्नमहोदधि gaṇaratnamahodadhi [ noun m ] m. "great ocean in which the gaṇas form the pearls", a collection of grammatical gaṇas by vardhamāna. गणराज्य gaṇarājya [ noun n ] n. N. of an empire in the Deccan, xiv, 14. गणरात्र gaṇarātra [ noun m n ] m. n. a series of nights Hcar. i, 353. गणरूप gaṇarūpa [ noun m ] m. the swallow-wort L. गणरूपक gaṇarūpaka [ noun m ] m. id. L. गणरूपिन् gaṇarūpin [ noun m ] m. id. L. गणवत् gaṇavat [ noun m f[gaṇavatī] n ] mfn. (°ṇá-) consisting of a series or class TS. ii TBr. ii followed by attendants ib. containing the word gaṇa Ka1t2h. xi, 4 gaṇavatī: [ noun f ] f. N. of the mother of divo-dāsa or dhanvantari L. गणवतीसुत gaṇavatīsuta [ noun m ] m. "son of gaṇavatī", N. of a sage and physician (also called divo-dāsa or dhanvantari or kāśi-rāja) L. गणवर gaṇavara [ noun n ] n. N. of a town S3am2kar. xiv, 6. गणवृत्त gaṇavṛtta [ noun n ] n. = -cchandas. गणव्याख्यान gaṇavyākhyāna [ noun n ] n. "gaṇa-explanation", N. of a grammatical treatise. गणव्यूह gaṇavyūha [ noun m ] m. N. of a sūtra Buddh. गणशस् gaṇaśas ind. (Pa1n2. 1-1, 23) by troops or classes TS. ii
v TBr. i S3Br. xiv A1s3vS3r. etc.
गणश्री gaṇaśrī [ noun m f n[gaṇaśri] ] mfn. associated in troops, associating RV. VS. Ka1t2h. गणहास gaṇahāsa [ noun m ] m. a species of perfume L. गणहासक gaṇahāsaka [ noun m ] m. id. Bhpr. गणहोम gaṇahoma [ noun m ] m. N. of wk. गणाग्रणी gaṇāgraṇī [ noun m ] m. ( = °ṇa-nāyaka) N. of gaṇe*śa L. गणाचल gaṇācala [ noun m ] m. = °ṇa-parvata L. गणाचार्य gaṇācārya [ noun m ] m. "teacher common to all", teacher of the people Buddh. गणाधिप gaṇādhipa [ noun m ] m. the chief of a troop, Vishn2uS. (Hcat. i, 9, 11) N. of śiva L. of gaṇe*śa = °ṇa-dhara Jain. गणाधिपति gaṇādhipati [ noun m ] m. ( = °pa) N. of śiva S3is3. ix, 27 of gaṇe*śa L. गणाधिपत्य gaṇādhipatya [ noun n ] n. the predominance among a troop of gods S3iraUp. गणाधीश gaṇādhīśa [ noun m ] m. ( = °dhipa) N. of gaṇe*śa Katha1s. lxxiii. गणाध्यक्ष gaṇādhyakṣa [ noun m ] m. id., lv, 165. गणान्न gaṇānna [ noun n ] n. food prepared for a number of persons in common Mn. iv, 209 and 219. गणाभ्यन्तर gaṇābhyantara [ noun m ] m. "one of a troop or corporation", a member of any (religious) association, iii, 154. गणावरा gaṇāvarā [ noun f ] f. "last or lowest of her class", N. of an apsaras v.l. for guṇā*v°. गणेन्द्र gaṇendra [ noun m ] m. N. of a buddha Lalit. xx, 82. गणेश gaṇeśa [ noun m ] m. ( = °ṇa-nātha) N. of the god of wisdom and of obstacles (son of śiva and pārvatī, or according to one legend of pārvatī alone; though gaṇe*śa causes obstacles he also removes them; hence he is invoked at the commencement of all undertakings and at the opening of all compositions with the words namo gaṇe*śāya vighne*śvarāya; he is represented as a short fat man with a protuberant belly, frequently riding on a rat or attended by one, and to denote his sagacity has the head of an elephant, which however has only one tusk; the appellation gaṇe*śa, with other similar compounds, alludes to his office as chief of the various classes of subordinate gods, who are regarded as śiva's attendants; cf. RTL. pp. 48, 62, 79, 392, 440; he is said to have written down the MBh. as dictated by vyāsa MBh. i, 74 ff.; persons possessed, by gaṇe*śa are referred to Ya1jn5. i, 270 ff.) N. of śiva MBh. iii, 1629 = gaṇa-puṁgava VarBr2. xiii, 8 m. pl. ( = vidye*śa or °śvara) a class of siddhas (with śaivas) Hcat. i, 11, 857 ff m. N. of a renowned astronomer of the 16th century of a son of rāma-deva (author of a Comm. on Nalo7d.) of a son of viśvanātha-dīkṣita and grandson of bhāvarāma-kṛṣṇa (author of a Comm. called ciccandrikā) गणेशकुम्भ gaṇeśakumbha [ noun m ] m. N. of a rocky cave in Orissa गणेशकुसुम gaṇeśakusuma [ noun m ] m. a variety of oleander with red flowers L. गणेशखण्ड gaṇeśakhaṇḍa [ noun m n ] mn. N. of BrahmaP. iii N. of a section of the SkandaP. गणेशगीता gaṇeśagītā [ noun f ] f. N. of a song in praise of gaṇe*śa गणेशचतुर्थी gaṇeśacaturthī [ noun f ] f. the fourth day of the light half of the month bhādra (considered as gaṇe*śa's birthday) RTL. p.431 गणेशतापिनी gaṇeśatāpinī [ noun f ] f. N. of an Up. (cf. gaṇapati-pūrva-t°) गणेशपुराण gaṇeśapurāṇa [ noun n ] n. N. of an upa-purāṇa गणेशपूजा gaṇeśapūjā [ noun f ] f. the worship of gaṇe*śa see RTL. pp. 211-217 गणेशभुजंगप्रयातस्तोत्र gaṇeśabhujaṁgaprayātastotra [ noun n ] n. N. of a hymn in praise of gaṇe*śa (attributed to śaṁkarā*cārya) गणेशभूषण gaṇeśabhūṣaṇa [ noun n ] n. red lead गणेशमिश्र gaṇeśamiśra [ noun m ] m. N. of a copyist of the last century गणेशयामल gaṇeśayāmala [ noun n ] n. N. of wk. गणेशविमर्शिनी gaṇeśavimarśinī [ noun f ] f. "appeasing gaṇe*śa", N. of wk. गणेशसहस्रनामन् gaṇeśasahasranāman [ noun n ] n. N. of a part of the Gan2P. गणेशस्तवराज gaṇeśastavarāja [ noun m ] m. N. of a part of the BhavP. गणेशस्तुति gaṇeśastuti [ noun f ] f. a hymn in honour of gaṇe*śa by rāghava गणेशोपपुराण gaṇeśopapurāṇa [ noun n ] n. = °śa-pur°. गणेशान gaṇeśāna [ noun m ] m. the god gaṇeśa MBh. i, 75 Hcat. गणेश्वर gaṇeśvara [ noun m ] m. the chief of a troop, leader of a band (gen. or in comp.) MBh. xiii R. iv v N. of a demon causing diseases Hariv. 9556 "chief of the animals", the lion L. गणोत्साह gaṇotsāha [ noun m ] m. "avoiding assemblages", the rhinoceros L. गणक gaṇaka [ noun m f[gaṇakā] n ] mfn. bought for a large sum Pa1n2. 5-1, 22 Ka1s3. [ noun m ] m. one who reckons, arithmetician MBh. ii, 206; xv, 417 a calculator of nativities, astrologer VS. xxx, 20 R. i, 12, 7 Katha1s. m. pl. N. of a collection of 8 stars VarBr2S. xi, 25 gaṇakī: [ noun f ] f. the wife of an astrologer Pa1n2. 4-1, 48 Ka1s3. gaṇikā: [ noun f ] f. a harlot, courtezan Mn. iv Ya1jn5. i, 161 MBh. xiii Mr2icch. etc. m. a female elephant L. Jasminum auriculatum L. Aeschynomene Sesban L. = gaṇikā*rikā q.v. L. counting, enumerating W. apprehension W. गणकारि gaṇakāri see gaṇa-kāri.
गणतिथ gaṇatitha [ noun m f[gaṇatithā] n ] mfn. forming a troop or assemblage Pa1n2. 5-2, 52 (Vop. vii, 42.) गणत्रिका gaṇatrikā see °ṇayitr°.
गणन gaṇana [ noun n ] n. reckoning, counting, calculation Pa1n2. 5-4, 17 Pan5cat. Hit. gaṇanā: [ noun f ] f. id. MBh. iii Megh. Ragh. etc. gaṇanā: the being enumerated among (in comp.) Ragh. viii, 94 gaṇanā: considering, supposing Das3. vii, 185 Hit. gaṇanā: regarding, taking notice of (gen.), consideration Prab. i, 20/21 Ra1jat. v, 308. गणना gaṇanā [ noun f ] f. of °na q.v. गणनागति gaṇanāgati [ noun f ] f. a particular high number Lalit. xii, 161 f. गणनापति gaṇanāpati [ noun m ] m. an arithmetician Buddh. L. "master of prudent calculation", gaṇe*śa Ra1jat. v, 26. गणनापत्त्रिका gaṇanāpattrikā [ noun f ] f. reckoning-book Ra1jat. vi, 36. गणनामहामात्र gaṇanāmahāmātra [ noun m ] m. a minister of finance Buddh. L. गणनीय gaṇanīya [ noun m f[gaṇanīyā] n ] mfn. to be counted or reckoned or classed, calculable L. (cf. gaṇeya.) गणयित्रिका gaṇayitrikā [ noun f ] f. "counter", a rosary Jain. (only Prakrit °ṅettiyā) (irr. °ṇatr° and °ṇitr°) Hcat. i, 5. गणि gaṇi [ noun m ]1 m. (for °ṇin, only at the end of names) one who is familiar with the sacred writings and the auxiliary sciences Jain. 1 pl. N. of a family Pravar. ii, 1, 2 [ noun f ]1 f. counting L. गणिका gaṇikā [ noun f ] f. of °ṇaka q.v. गणिकान्न gaṇikānna [ noun n ] n. food coming from or presented by a courtezan Mn. iv, 209 and 219 cf. Ya1jn5. i, 161. गणिकापाद gaṇikāpāda [ noun m f[gaṇikāpādā] n ] mfn. g. hasty-ādi. गणिकारिका gaṇikārikā [ noun f ] f. ( = °ṇikā) Premna spinosa (commonly Ganiyari or also Vada-Ganiyari, a small tree with a very fetid leaf, the wood being used in attrition for the purpose of producing flame) L. गणिकारी gaṇikārī [ noun f ] f. ( = °ṇikā) Premna spinosa (commonly Ganiyari or also Vada-Ganiyari, a small tree with a very fetid leaf, the wood being used in attrition for the purpose of producing flame) L. गणित gaṇita [ noun m f[gaṇitā] n ] mfn. counted, numbered, reckoned, calculated MBh. BhP. Vet. [ noun n ] n. reckoning, calculating, science of computation (comprising arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, pāṭī- or vyakta-, bīja-, rekhā-) MBh. i, 293 Mr2icch. i, 4 VarBr2S. etc. the astronomical or astrological part of a jyotiḥśāstra (with the exception of the portion treating of nativities) VarBr2S. the sum of a progression sum (in general). गणितकौमुदी gaṇitakaumudī [ noun f ] f. N. of a Comm. on Li1l. गणिततत्त्वचिन्तामणि gaṇitatattvacintāmaṇi [ noun m ] m. N. of a Comm. on Su1ryas. गणितनाममाला gaṇitanāmamālā [ noun f ] f. N. of a mathematical work. गणितपञ्चविंशतिका gaṇitapañcaviṁśatikā [ noun f ] f. id. गणितपाश gaṇitapāśa [ noun m ] m. (in arithm.) a combination Li1l. गणितमालती gaṇitamālatī [ noun f ] f. गणितलता gaṇitalatā [ noun f ] f. गणितसार gaṇitasāra [ noun m ] m. N. of three mathematical works. गणितशास्त्र gaṇitaśāstra [ noun n ] n. the book or science of computation W. गणिताध्याय gaṇitādhyāya [ noun m ] m. N. of a chapter in the brahmasiddhānta. गणितामृतसागरी gaṇitāmṛtasāgarī [ noun f ] f. N. of a Comm. on Li1l. गणितव्य gaṇitavya [ noun m f[gaṇitavyā] n ] mfn. = gaṇanīya W. गणिता gaṇitā [ noun f ] f. of °ta q.v.