Gananapati, Gaṇanapati, Ganana-pati, Gaṇanā-pāṭī: 6 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṇanapati (गणनपति).—
1) an arithmetician,
2) an epithet of Gaṇeśa.
Derivable forms: gaṇanapatiḥ (गणनपतिः).
Gaṇanapati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇana and pati (पति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇanāpati (गणनापति).—m. a name of Gaṇeśa, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 175; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 26.
Gaṇanāpati is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇanā and pati (पति).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gaṇanāpati (गणनापति):—[=gaṇanā-pati] [from gaṇanā > gaṇ] m. an arithmetician, [Buddhist literature; cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] ‘master of prudent calculation’, Gaṇeśa, [Rājataraṅgiṇī v, 26.]
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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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryGaṇanā-pāṭī (गणना-पाटी):—n. abacus;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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