As a deity name
Name 348 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the leader of the attendants of any god
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Dictionary citations
gaṇa—nāyaka m. the leader of the attendants of any god, BhP. v, 17, 13; BhavP.
‘chief of Śiva's attendants’, Gaṇeśa, MBh. i, 77; Kathās. c, 41
the head of an assemblage or corporation, VarBṛS. xv, 15
gaṇanāyaka m. (-kaḥ) A name of GAṆEŚA. f. (-yikā) A name of DURGĀ. E. gaṇa, and nāyaka a leader: see gaṇeśa.
Alternative readings
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