Pāli Dictionary

gaṇa

gaṇrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

gaṇ8calculate; group

Synonyms

kāya, nikāya, saṅgha, vagga, saṅghāta, pakkha, saṃgha, saṇḍa

general

  • group; crowd; multitude; company; a collection of people, animals, or things

  • SN 55.41

    mah'odadhiṃ aparimitaṃ mahāsaraṃ, bahubheravaṃ ratanagaṇānam'ālayaṃ, najjo yathā naragaṇasaṅghasevitā, puthū savantī upayanti sāgaraṃ.

  • MN 66

    so sakkuṇeyya nekāni nikkhagaṇāni pahāya, nekāni dhaññagaṇāni pahāya, nekāni khettagaṇāni pahāya, nekāni vatthugaṇāni pahāya, nekāni bhariyagaṇāni pahāya, nekāni dāsagaṇāni pahāya, nekāni dāsigaṇāni pahāya kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajituṃ.

  • (grammar) a set or class of roots or words following the same rule

monastic

  • a group within the saṅgha; a company of two or three bhikkhus (as opposed to the full saṅgha); a quorum

  • SN 2.30

    pakudhako kātiyāno nigaṇṭho, ye c'āp'ime makkhalipūraṇāse, gaṇassa satthāro sāmaññappattā, na hi nūna te sappurisehi dūre'ti.

gāna

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

gam1go

general

  • singing; a song

ga

approximate

gamrootasuffix

via inflected form gāna · dative plural / genitive plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

gam1go

Synonyms

gāmī

general

  • going; who goes; having gone (usually in compounds)

  • Thag 1.25

    obhāsajātaṃ phalagaṃ, cittaṃ yassa abhiṇhaso, tādisaṃ bhikkhum'āsajja, kaṇha dukkhaṃ nigacchasī'ti.

  • SN 35.94

    evaṃ mano chassu yadā subhāvito, phuṭṭhassa cittaṃ na vikampate kvaci, te rāgadose abhibhuyya bhikkhavo, bhavattha jātimaraṇassa pāragā'ti.

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