गण [ gaṇa ] [ gaṇá ] m. a flock , troop , multitude , number , tribe , series , class (of animate or inanimate beings) , body of followers or attendants Lit. RV. Lit. AV.

  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. [ -devatā ] ) Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Lalit.

  a single attendant of Śiva Lit. VarBṛS. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Rājat. iii , 270

  N. of Gaṇêśa Lit. W.

  a company , any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims Lit. Mn. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Hit.

  the 9 assemblies of Ṛishis under the Arhat Mahā-vīra Lit. Jain.

  a sect in philosophy or religion Lit. W.

  a small body of troops (= 3 Gulmas or 27 chariots and as many elephants , 81 horses , and 135 foot) Lit. 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 Rākshasas) Lit. W.

  (in arithm.) a number Lit. L.

  (in metre) a foot or four instants ( cf. [ -cchandas ] )

  ( in Gr.) a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series (e.g. [ ad-ādi ] , the g. [ ad ] or the whole series of roots of the 2nd class ; [ gargādi ] , the g. [ garga ] or the series of words commencing with [ garga ] )

  [ gaṇa ] a particular group of Sāmans Lit. Lāṭy. i , 6 , 5 Lit. VarYogay. viii , 7

  a kind of perfume Lit. L.

  = [ vāc ] (i.e. " a series of verses " ) Lit. Naigh. i , 11

  N. of an author

  [ gaṇā ] f. N. of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue Lit. MBh. ix , 2645 ( cf. [ahar- ] , [ marúd- ] , [ vṛ́ṣa- ] , [ sá- ] , [ saptá- ] , [ sárva- ] ; [ deva- ] , [mahā- ] , and [ vida-gaṇá ] .)