Ganaparvata, Gaṇaparvata, Gana-parvata: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGaṇaparvata (गणपर्वत).—see गणाचल (gaṇācala).
Gaṇaparvata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms gaṇa and parvata (पर्वत).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇaparvata (गणपर्वत) or Gaṇaparvvata.—m.
(-taḥ) The fabulous mountain Kailasha. E. gaṇa Siva'S attendant demigods, and parvata a mountain; this mountain being the residence of the Kinnaras, Yakshas, and other subordinat deities.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇaparvata (गणपर्वत):—[=gaṇa-parvata] [from gaṇa > gaṇ] m. ‘the mountain frequented by troops of demi-gods’, Name of the Kailāsa (this mountain being the residence of Śiva’s attendants as well as of the Kiṃnaras and Yakṣas, attendants of Kubera), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGaṇaparvata (गणपर्वत):—[gaṇa-parvata] (taḥ) 1. m. The fabulous mountain Kailāsa.
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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.
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Partial matches: Gana, Parvata.
Full-text: Ganacala, Ganaparvvata, Kailasa, Tushita, Abhasvara, Anila, Aditya, Sadhya, Maharajika, Vishvedeva, Vishva, Gana, Vasu, Rudra.
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The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 6 - Battle between Brahmā and Viṣṇu < [Section 1 - Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā]
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