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gaṇā

gaṇa

masc nom pl of gaṇa (noun); masc instr sg of gaṇa (noun); masc abl sg of gaṇa (noun); masc voc sg of gaṇa (noun); …

1. group; crowd
2. swarm; mass; horde; cluster
3. sect; religion; religious order
4. (gram) set; group; collection
5. (gram) conjugation
6. hoard; group; collection; mass
7. in reference to MN107 Gaṇakamoggallānasutta; lit. group

Etymology. √gaṇ + a; from √gaṇ 'calculate, group'; Sanskrit gaṇa [gaṇ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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