gaṇa

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Homophone: ghana
• Hyphenation: ga‧ṇa

Noun

gaṇa

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

Derived terms

• gaṇa-gaṇa
• gumaṇa-gaṇa
• pinakagana

• gaṇacakra
• gaṇadewa
• gaṇasaṅghya
• gaṇasenā
• gaṇādhipa

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

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• गण (Devanagari script)
• গণ (Bengali script)
• ගණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂဏ or ၷꧣ (Burmese script)
• คณ or คะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຓ or ຄະຓະ or ຄະນະ (Lao script)
• គណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit गण (gaṇa).

Noun

gaṇa m

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

Declension

Declension table of "gaṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gaṇo	gaṇā
Accusative (second)	gaṇaṃ	gaṇe
Instrumental (third)	gaṇena	gaṇehi or gaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	gaṇassa or gaṇāya or gaṇatthaṃ	gaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gaṇasmā or gaṇamhā or gaṇā	gaṇehi or gaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gaṇassa	gaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gaṇasmiṃ or gaṇamhi or gaṇe	gaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	gaṇa	gaṇā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဂိုဏ်း (guin:)

References

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