गणपति

Marathi

Proper noun

गणपति • (gaṇpatī) m

1. (dated) alternative form of गणपती (gaṇpatī, “Ganapati”)
   • 1852, शामराव मोरोजी [śāmrāv morojī], श्री काशिप्रकाश – म्हणजे महायात्रा वर्णन, हे अनेक ग्रंथ, यात्रेकरू देशाटन करणारे लोक यांच्या साह्याने [śrī kāśiprakāś – mhaṇje mahāyātrā varṇan, he anek grantha, yātrekarū deśāṭan karṇāre lok yāñcyā sāhyāne]‎^[1], page 25:

     आतां काशींत एक गणपति आहे. धुंडीराज नामें त्याची मोटी आख्या आहे. त्या गणेशाचें देवालय लाहान सें आहे.

     ātā̃ kāśī̃t ek gaṇpatī āhe. dhuṇḍīrāj nāmẽ tyācī moṭī ākhyā āhe. tyā gaṇeśācẽ devālay lāhān sẽ āhe.

     There is now a Ganapati at काशी (kāśī). He is famously known by the name of धुंडीराज (dhuṇḍīrāj). The temple of that Ganesha is smallish.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গণপতি (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬡᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• গণপতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰜𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဏပတိ (Burmese script)
• ગણપતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਣਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌣𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦟꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂝𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಣಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• គណបតិ (Khmer script)
• ຄຓປຕິ (Lao script)
• ഗണപതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᢏᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘜𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢏᠠᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦼𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐞𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଗଣପତି (Odia script)
• ꢔꢠꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆟𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖜𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ගණපති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩪𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚘𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• க³ணபதி (Tamil script)
• గణపతి (Telugu script)
• คณปติ (Thai script)
• ག་ཎ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒝𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨘𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit गण् (gaṇ)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit गण (gaṇa)

Proto-Indo-European *pótis

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš

Sanskrit पति (pati)

Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati)

Tatpuruṣa compound of गण (gaṇá, “troop”) +‎ पति (páti, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɳɐ́.pɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɳɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

गणपति • (gaṇápati) stem, m

1. the leader of a troop or gang or horde
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.23.1:

     ग॒णानां॑ त्वा ग॒णप॑तिं हवामहे क॒विं क॑वी॒नामु॑प॒मश्र॑वस्तमम् ।
     ज्ये॒ष्ठ॒राजं॒ ब्रह्म॑णां ब्रह्मणस्पत॒ आ नः॑ शृ॒ण्वन्नू॒तिभिः॑ सीद॒ साद॑नम् ॥

     gaṇā́nāṃ tvā gaṇápatiṃ havāmahe kavíṃ kavīnā́mupamáśravastamam.
     jyeṣṭharā́jaṃ bráhmaṇāṃ brahmaṇaspata ā́ naḥ śṛṇvánnūtíbhiḥ sīda sā́danam.

     We call thee, Lord and Leader of the troops, the wise among the wise, the famousest of all,
     The King supreme of prayers, O Brahmaṇaspati: hear us with help; sit down in place of sacrifice.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.4.4:

     ... नमो॑ ग॒णेभ्यो॑ ग॒णप॑तिभ्यश्च वो॒ नमो॒...

     ... námo gaṇébhyo gaṇápatibhyaśca vo námo...

     Homage to you, hordes, and to you, lords of hordes, homage!

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of गणपति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गणपतिः (gaṇápatiḥ)	गणपती (gaṇápatī)	गणपतयः (gaṇápatayaḥ)
vocative	गणपते (gáṇapate)	गणपती (gáṇapatī)	गणपतयः (gáṇapatayaḥ)
accusative	गणपतिम् (gaṇápatim)	गणपती (gaṇápatī)	गणपतीन् (gaṇápatīn)
instrumental	गणपतिना (gaṇápatinā) गणपत्या¹ (gaṇápatyā¹)	गणपतिभ्याम् (gaṇápatibhyām)	गणपतिभिः (gaṇápatibhiḥ)
dative	गणपतये (gaṇápataye)	गणपतिभ्याम् (gaṇápatibhyām)	गणपतिभ्यः (gaṇápatibhyaḥ)
ablative	गणपतेः (gaṇápateḥ) गणपत्यः¹ (gaṇápatyaḥ¹)	गणपतिभ्याम् (gaṇápatibhyām)	गणपतिभ्यः (gaṇápatibhyaḥ)
genitive	गणपतेः (gaṇápateḥ) गणपत्यः¹ (gaṇápatyaḥ¹)	गणपत्योः (gaṇápatyoḥ)	गणपतीनाम् (gaṇápatīnām)
locative	गणपतौ (gaṇápatau) गणपता¹ (gaṇápatā¹)	गणपत्योः (gaṇápatyoḥ)	गणपतिषु (gaṇápatiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Proper noun

गणपति • (gaṇapati) stem, m

1. Ganesha

   Synonym: गणेश (gaṇeśa)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of गणपति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गणपतिः (gaṇapatiḥ)	गणपती (gaṇapatī)	गणपतयः (gaṇapatayaḥ)
vocative	गणपते (gaṇapate)	गणपती (gaṇapatī)	गणपतयः (gaṇapatayaḥ)
accusative	गणपतिम् (gaṇapatim)	गणपती (gaṇapatī)	गणपतीन् (gaṇapatīn)
instrumental	गणपतिना (gaṇapatinā)	गणपतिभ्याम् (gaṇapatibhyām)	गणपतिभिः (gaṇapatibhiḥ)
dative	गणपतये (gaṇapataye)	गणपतिभ्याम् (gaṇapatibhyām)	गणपतिभ्यः (gaṇapatibhyaḥ)
ablative	गणपतेः (gaṇapateḥ)	गणपतिभ्याम् (gaṇapatibhyām)	गणपतिभ्यः (gaṇapatibhyaḥ)
genitive	गणपतेः (gaṇapateḥ)	गणपत्योः (gaṇapatyoḥ)	गणपतीनाम् (gaṇapatīnām)
locative	गणपतौ (gaṇapatau)	गणपत्योः (gaṇapatyoḥ)	गणपतिषु (gaṇapatiṣu)

Derived terms

• गाणपत्य (gāṇapatya)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀡𑀯𑀇 (gaṇavaï)

Borrowed terms

• → Gujarati: ગણપતિ (gaṇpati)
• → Kannada: ಗಣಪತಿ (gaṇapati)
• → Malayalam: ഗണപതി (gaṇapati)
• → Marathi: gaṇpatī

  Devanagari script: गणपती

  Modi script: 𑘐𑘜𑘢𑘝𑘲

• → Old Khmer: gaṇapati
• → Tamil: கணபதி (kaṇapati)
• → Telugu: గణపతి (gaṇapati)
• → Thai: คณบดี (ká-ná-bɔɔ-dii)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गणपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 343, columns 1-2.