Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -अग्रणी Masculine Name of Gaṇeśa.

• -अचलः

  1. Name of the mountain Kailāsa, as the residence of the Gaṇas of Śiva. अधिपः, अधिपतिः Name of Śiva; Śi.9.27.
  2. Name of Gaṇeśa.
  3. 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 Adjective one of a troop or number. (-रः) the leader or member of any religious association; Ms.3.154.

• -ईशः

  1. Name of Gaṇapati, Śiva's son (see गणपति below). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedजननी an epithet of Pārvatī. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभूषणम् red-lead. ईशानः, ईश्वरः an epithet of Gaṇeśa.
  2. of Śiva.

• -उत्साहः the rhinoceros.

• -कारः

  1. a classifier.
  2. an epithet of Bhīmasena.

• -कृत्वस् Indeclinable 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 Neuter metre regulated and measured by feet.

• -तिथ Adjective forming a troop or collection.

• -दीक्षा

  1. initiation of a number or a class.
  2. performance of rites for a number of persons.

• -दीक्षिन्

  1. Adjective
  2. one who officiates for a number of persons or for various castes (as a priest).
  3. one who has been initiated into the worship of Ganeśa.

• -देवताः (Plural) groups of deities who generally appear in classes of troops; Ak. thus classifies them: आदित्यविश्ववसव- स्तुषिता भास्वरानिलाः । महाराजिकसाध्याश्च रुद्राश्च गणदेवताः ॥

• -द्रव्यम्

  1. public property, common stock; Y.2.187.
  2. a variety of articles.

• -धरः

  1. the head of a class or number.
  2. the teacher of a school. नाथः, नाथकः an epithet of Śiva.
  3. of Gaṇeśa.
  4. the leader of the attendants of any god; Bhāg.5.17.13.
  5. the head of an assemblage or corporation; Bṛi. S.15.4.

• -नायिका an epithet of Durgā.

• -पः

• -पतिः

  1. Name of Śiva.
  2. Name 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 etc.). 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 Bṛihaspati 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.

• -पीठकम् the breast, bosom.

• -पुङ्गवः the head of a tribe or class. (Plural) Name of a country and its people; Bṛi. S.4.24.

• -पूर्वः the leader of a tribe or class; (ग्रामणी); Mb.13.23.2. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedतापनी Name of a Upaniṣad.

• -भर्तृ

  1. Masculine
  2. an epithet of Śiva; गणभर्तृरुक्षा Ki.5.42.
  3. Name of Gaṇeśa.
  4. 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 Name 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.