Rathaganaka, Rathagaṇaka, Ratha-ganaka: 4 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rathagaṇaka (रथगणक).—an officer who counts chariots.

Derivable forms: rathagaṇakaḥ (रथगणकः).

Rathagaṇaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ratha and gaṇaka (गणक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rathagaṇaka (रथगणक):—[=ratha-gaṇaka] [from ratha] m. ‘ch°-numberer’, ([probably]) an officer who numbers or counts a great man’s ch° [gana] udgātr-ādi.

2) Rāthagaṇaka (राथगणक):—[=rātha-gaṇaka] [from rātha] n. the occupation or office of a Rathagaṇaka [gana] udgātr-ādi.

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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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