gaṇa (m)
Meanings
- (in arithm.) a number
- (in Gr.) a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series
- (in metre) a foot or four instants
- = vāc
- a company
- a flock
- a kind of military unit
- a kind of perfume
- a particular group of Sāmans
- a sect in philosophy or religion
- a series or group of asterisms or lunar mansions classed under three heads
- a single attendant of Śiva
- a small body of troops
- any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims
- body of followers or attendants
- class (of animate or inanimate beings)
- multitude
- name of an author
- name of Gaṇˆśa
- number
- series
- the 9 assemblies of ṣis under the Arhat Mahāvīra
- tribe
- troop
- 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 Gaṇˆśa)
a named group of plants or other substances
Sememes
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