Ganadevata, Gaṇadevatā, Gana-devata: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchGaṇadevatā (गणदेवता):—(gaṇa + de) f. pl. Schaarengottheiten; Gottheiten, welche in der Regel nicht einzeln, sondern in Schaaren auftreten; hierher gehören nach [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 5] die Āditya, Viśva, Vasu, Tuṣita, Ābhāsvara, Anila, Mahārājika, Sādhya und Rudra; vgl. [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 3. fgg.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungGaṇadevatā (गणदेवता):—f. = gaṇa 1)b).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Devata, Gana.
Full-text: Tagana, Suragana, Ashtavasu, Hastikarna, Pitrigana, Sadhya, Anila, Parivaradevata, Parivaradidevatakalpana, Vishva, Vasu.
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