Ganadravya, Gaṇadravya, Gana-dravya: 7 definitions
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Ganadravya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarygaṇadravya (गणद्रव्य).—n S Public property; common stock; general fund.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṇadravya (गणद्रव्य).—
1) public property, common stock; Y.2.187.
2) a variety of articles.
Derivable forms: gaṇadravyam (गणद्रव्यम्).
Gaṇadravya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇa and dravya (द्रव्य).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇadravya (गणद्रव्य).—n.
(-vyaṃ) 1. Public property, common stock. 2. A variety of articles. E. gaṇa a class, and dravya thing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇadravya (गणद्रव्य):—[=gaṇa-dravya] [from gaṇa > gaṇ] n. property of a corporation, [Yājñavalkya ii, 187.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇadravya (गणद्रव्य):—[gaṇa-dravya] (vyaṃ) 1. n. Public property, common stock; variety.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaṇadravya (ಗಣದ್ರವ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] a property of, belonging to or concerning the people as a whole; a public property.
2) [noun] a large number of things of various kinds put together or considered as a group.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Dravya, Gana.
Full-text: Gandravya.
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