gaṇa

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गण (gaṇa, flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaṇa

  1. group, host,
  2. a kind of demi-god;
  3. number;
  4. a certain military subdivision

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦒꦤ (gana) (inherited)
  • Balinese: ᬕᬡ (gana)

Further reading

  • "gaṇa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit गण (gaṇa).

Noun

gaṇa m

  1. gang, crowd
  2. sect
  3. (Buddhism) chapter of monks

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gaṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead