Sanskrit-Lexikon

gaṇa (m)

(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