गणः [gaṇḥ] [गण् कर्मणि कर्तरि वा अच्]
A flock, multitude, group, troop, collection; गुणिगणगणना, भगणः
A series, a class.
A body of followers or attendants.
Particularly, a troop of demigods considered as Śiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of Gaṇeśa, a demigod of this troop; गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनाम् &c.; गणा नमेरुप्रसवावतंसाः
[Ku.1.55,7.4,71;] [Me.35.57;] [Ki.5.13.] Any assemblage or society of men formed for the attainment of the same objects.
A company, association.
A tribe, class.
A series of lunar mansions classed under three heads (of god, men and demons).
A sect (in philosophy, religion).
A small body of troops (a sub-division of अक्षौहिणी), consisting of 27 chariots, as many elephants, 81 horses and 135 foot;
[Mb.1.2.21.] A number (in math.).
A foot (in prosody).
(In gram.) A series of roots or words belonging to the same rule and called after the first word of that series; e. g. भ्वादिगण i. e. the class of roots which begin with भू.
An epithet of Gaṇeśa. -Comp.
-अग्रणी m. m. N. of Gaṇeśa.
-अचलः N. N. of the mountain Kailāsa, as the residence of the Gaṇas of Śiva.
अधिपः, अधिपतिः N. of Śiva;
[Śi.9.27.] N. N. of Gaṇeśa.
the chief of a troop of soldiers or of a class of disciples, of a body of men or animals.
-अन्नम् a mess, food prepared for number of persons in common;
[Ms.4.29,219.] -अभ्यन्तर a. a. one of a troop or number. (-रः) the leader or member of any religious association;
[Ms.3.154.] -ईशः N. N. of Gaṇapati, Śiva's son (see गणपति below). ˚जननी an epithet of Pārvatī. ˚भूषणम् red-lead.
an epithet of Śiva; गणभर्तृरुक्षा
[Ki.5.42.] the leader of a class.
-भोजनम् mess, eating in common.
-यज्ञः a rite common to all.
-रत्नमहोदधिः a collection of grammatical gaṇas by Vardhamāna.-राज्यम् N. of an empire in the Deccan;
[Bṛi. S.14.] 14.
-रात्रम् a series of nights.
-वल्लभः a general of the army (सेनानायक);
[Rām.2.81.12.] -वृत्तम् see गणच्छन्दस्.-हासः,
-हासकः a species of perfume.
ईशानः, ईश्वरः an epithet of Gaṇeśa.
of Śiva.
-उत्साहः the rhinoceros.
कारः a classifier.
an epithet of Bhīmasena.
-कृत्वस् ind. for a whole series of times, for a number of times.
-गतिः a particular high number.
-चक्रकम् a dinner eaten in common by a party of virtuous men.
-छन्दस् n. n. metre regulated and measured by feet.
-तिथ a. a. forming a troop or collection.
दीक्षा initiation of a number or a class.
performance of rites for a number of persons.-दीक्षिन् a.
one who officiates for a number of persons or for various castes (as a priest).
one who has been initiated into the worship of Ganeśa.
-देवताः (pl.) groups of deities who generally appear in classes of troops; Ak. thus classifies them: आदित्यविश्ववसव- स्तुषिता भास्वरानिलाः । महाराजिकसाध्याश्च रुद्राश्च गणदेवताः ॥
द्रव्यम् public property, common stock;
[Y.2.187.] a variety of articles.
धरः the head of a class or number.
the teacher of a school.
नाथः, नाथकः an epithet of Śiva.
of Gaṇeśa.
the leader of the attendants of any god;
[Bhāg.5.17.13.] the head of an assemblage or corporation;
[Bṛi. S.15.4.] -नायिका an epithet of Durgā. -पः,
पतिः N. of Śiva.
N. N. of Gaṇeśa. [He is the son of Śiva and Pārvatī, or of Pārvatī only; for according to one legend, he sprang from the scurf of her body. He is the god of wisdom and remover of obstacles; hence he is invoked and worshipped at the commencement of every important undertaking. He is usually represented in a sitting posture, short and fat, with a protuberant belly, and four hands; riding a mouse; and with the head of an elephant. This head has only one tusk, the other having been lost in a scuffle between him and Paraśurāma when he opposed the latter's entrance to Śiva's inner apartments; (whence he is called Ekadanta, Ekadaṁṣṭra &c.). There are several legends accounting for his elephant head. It is said that he wrote the Mahābhārata at the dictation of Vyāsa who secured his services as a scribe from the god Brahman].
also an epithet of Bṛihaspati and Indra.
the leader of a class or troop.-पर्वत see गणाचल.
-पाठः a collection of gaṇas or series of words falling under the same grammatical rule.-पीठकम् the breast, bosom.
-पुङ्गवः the head of a tribe or class. (pl.) N. of a country and its people;
[Bṛi. S.4.24.] -पूर्वः the leader of a tribe or class; (ग्रामणी);
[Mb.13.23.2.] ˚तापनी N. of a Upaniṣad.
-भर्तृ m. m.