गण

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) flock, troop, group, company, order
 * 2) company of men formed with common goals
 * 3) class
 * 4) a body of followers or attendants
 * 5)  dependants, servants; attendant deities
 * 6)  order
 * 7)  a group of mantras comprising a foot
 * 8)  collective plural marker
 * 1)  collective plural marker

Noun

 * 1) a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants
 * 2)  troops or classes of inferior deities (especially certain troops of demi-gods considered as Shiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of the god Ganesha)
 * 3) a company, any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims
 * 4) a small body of troops (= 3 गुल्मs or 27 chariots and as many elephants, 81 horses, and 135 foot)
 * 5)  a series or group of asterisms or lunar mansions classed under three heads (that of the gods, that of the men, and that of the राक्षसs)
 * 6)  a number
 * 7)  a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series (e.g. अद्-आदि, the g. अद् &c. or the whole series of roots of the 2nd class ; गर्गादि, the g. गर्ग &c. or the series of words commencing with गर्ग)

Descendants

 * Dardic: