As a deity name
Name 100 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
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
(g. aśvapaty-ādi) the leader of a class or troop or assemblage
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gaṇapataye" is the dative of "gaṇapati" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
gaṇa—pati (˚ṇa-), m. (g. aśvapaty-ādi) the leader of a class or troop or assemblage, VS.
(Bṛhaspati), RV. ii, 23, 1 (cf. RTL. p. 413)
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