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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

गण/ m. a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants, RV.; AV. &c.
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 Gaṇêśa; cf. -देवता), Mn.; Yājñ.; Lalit. &c.
a single attendant of Śiva, VarBṛS.; Kathās.; Rājat. iii, 270
N. of Gaṇêśa, W.
a company, any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims, Mn.; Yājñ.; 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. -च्छन्दस्)
(in Gr.) a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series (e.g. अद्-आदि, the g. अद् &c. or the whole series of roots of the 2nd class; गर्गादि, the g. गर्ग &c. or the series of words commencing with गर्ग)
a particular group of Sāmans, Lāṭy. i, 6, 5; VarYogay. viii, 7
a kind of perfume, L.
= वाच् (i.e. ‘a series of verses’), Naigh. i, 11
N. of an author

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1890)

गणः [गण् कर्मणि कर्तरि वा अच्]

1 A flock, multitude, group, troop, collection; गुणिगणगणना, भगणः &c.

2 A series, a class.

3 A body of followers or attendants.

4 Particularly, a troop of demigods consider-; ed as Śiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of Gaṇeśa a demigod of this troop; गणानां त्वा गणपतिं हवामहे कविं कवीनां &c.; गणा नमेरुप्रसवावतंसाः Ku. 1. 55, 7. 40, 71; Me. 33, 55, Ki. 5. 13.

5 Any assemblage or society of men formed for the attainment of the same objects

6 A company, association.

7 A tribe, class.

8 A series of lunar mansions classed under three heads (of god, men and demons).

9 A sect (in philosophy or religion).

10 A small body of troops (a subdivision of अक्षौहिणी), consisting of 27 chariots, as many elephants, 81 horses and 135 foot.

11 A number (in math.)

12 A foot (in prosody).

13 (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.

14 An epithet of Gaṇeśa.

Comp.

— अग्रणी m. N. of Gaṇeśa.

— अचलः N. of the mountain Kailāsa, as the residence of the Gaṇas of Śiva.

— अधिपः, = अधिपतिः

1 N. of Śiva; Śi. 9. 27.

2 N. of Gaṇeśa

3 the chief of a troop of soldiers or of a class of disciples, of a body of men or animals.

— अन्नं a mess, food prepared for a number of persons in common; Ms. 4. 209, 219.

— अभ्यंतर a. one of a troop or number. (

— रः) the leader or member of any religious association; Ms. 3. 154.

— ईशः N. of Gaṇapati, Śiva's son (see गणपति below). °जननी an epithet of Pārvatī. °भूषणं red-lead.

— ईशानः, ईश्वरः

1 an epithet of Gaṇeśa.

2 of Śiva.

— उत्साहः the rhinoceros

— कारः

1 a classifier.

2 an epithet of Bhīmasena.

— कृत्वस् ind. for a whole series of times, for a number of times.

— गतिः a particular high number.

— चक्रकं a dinner eaten in common by a party of virtuous men.

— छंदस् n. a metre regulated and measured by feet.

— तिथ a. forming a troop or collection.

— दीक्षा

1 initiation of a number or a class.

2 performance of rites for a number of persons.

— दीक्षिन् a.

1 one who officiates for a number of persons or for various castes (as a priest).

2 one who has been initiated into the worship of Gaṇeśa.

— देवताः (pl.) groups of deities who generally appear in classes or troops; Ak. thus classifies them: आदित्यविश्ववसवस्तुषिता भास्वरानिलाः । महाराजिकसाध्याश्च रुद्राश्च गणदेवताः ॥

— द्रव्यं

1 public property, common stock.

2 a variety of articles.

— धरः

1 the head of a class or number.

2 the teacher of a school.

— नाथः, नायकः

1 an epithet of Śiva.

2 of Gaṇeśa.

— नायिका an epithet of Durgā.

— पः,

— पतिः

1 N. of Śiva.

2 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 postureshort 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, Ekadaṃṣṭra &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.]

3 also an epithet of Bṛhaspati and Indra.

4 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.

— पीठकं the breast, bosom.

— पुंगवः the head of a tribe or class. (pl.) N. of a country and its people.

— पूर्वः the leader of a tribe or class.

— भर्तृ m.

1 an epithet of Śiva; गणभर्तुरुक्षा Ki. 5. 42.

2 of Gaṇeśa.

3 the leader of a class.

— भोजनं mess, eating in common.

— यज्ञः a rite common to all.

— राज्यं N. of an empire in the Dekkan.

— रात्रं a series of nights.

— वृत्तं see गणच्छंदस्.

— हासः, हासकः a species of perfume.