The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ga*ak" (f.)=ga*ik! Vin iii.135 -- 136, in pur!*a˚ a woman who was formerly a courtesan, & as adj. ga*ak"
-- dh"t! the daughter of a courtesan.
Ga*an!
Ga*an! (f.) counting, i. e. 1. counting up, arithmetic, number J i.29; Vism 278 sq.; Miln 79; VvA 194.
2. counting, census, statistics; Tikap. 94; J i.35; Miln 4 (sen! ˚' k!retv!); DhA i.11, 34. -- 3. the art of
counting, arithmetics as a study & a profession, forbidden to the bhikkhus Vin i.77=iv.129 (˚' sikkhati to
study ar.); D i.11 (expl. DA i.95 by acchiddaka -- ga*an!); M i.85; iii.1 (˚!j"va); DA i.157. -- ga*ana --
patha (time -- ) reckoning, period of time Miln 20, 116.
Ga*ik!
Ga*ik!1 (f.) "one who belongs to the crowd," a harlot, a courtesan (cp. ga*ak") Vin i.231 (Ambap!l") 268,
(do.); ii.277 (A..hak!s"); Ud 71; Miln 122; DhA iii.104; VvA 75 (Sirim!); PvA 195, 199. -- Customs of a
ga*ik! J iv.249; v.134. -- Cp. sa'˚.
Ga*ik!
Ga*ik!2 (f.)=ga*an!, arithmetic Miln 3.
Ga*in
Ga*in1 (adj.) one who has a host of followers, Ep. of a teacher who has a large attendance of disciples;
usually in standing combn sangh" ga*" ga*!cariyo (see above). Also in foll.: Sn 955, 957; Dpvs iv.8
(mah!ga*"), 14 (ther! ga*"); ga*" -- bh(t! (pl.) in crowds, combd with sangh! sangh" D i.112, expld at DA
i.280: pubbe nagarassa anto aga*! bahi nikkhamitv! ga*a -- sainpann! ti. See also paccekaga*in.
Ga*in
Ga*in2 a large species of deer J v.406 (=goka**a).
Ga*eti
Ga*eti [denom. to ga*a Dhtp 574: sankhy!ne] 1. to count, to reckon, to do sums Dh 19; J vi.334; Miln 79,
293; pp. ga*ita Sn 677; pass. ga*"yati Sdhp 434; inf. (vedic) ga*etuye Bw. iv.28; caus. ga*!peti M iii.1. --
2. to regard, to take notice of, to consider, to care for J i.300; iv.267.
Ga*&hi
Ga*&hi (m.) [Vedic granthi, to grem to comprise, hold to- gether, cp. Lat. gremium, Sk. ga*a & gr!ma, see
also gantha] 1. a knot, a tie, a knot or joint in a stalk (of a plant) J i.172; DA i.163; DhA i.321 (˚j!ta' what
has be come knotty or hard); -- di&&hi -- ga*&hi the tangle of false doctrine VvA 297; anta -- ga*&h -- !b!dha
entanglement of intestines Vin i.275. -- 2. a (wooden) block Vin ii.110 (of sandal wood). -- &&h!na (for
ga*&hika&&h!na?) the place of the block (i. e. of execution) J iii.538; (reads ga*&hi -- ga*&i -- &&h!na); Vism
248. -- bhedaka, in ˚cora "the thief who breaks the block" (or rope, knot?) DhA ii.30.
Ga*&hik!
Ga*&hik! (f.) (freq. spelled ga*.ik!, q. v.)=ga*&hi, viz. 1. a knot, a tie DA i.199 (catu -- pañca --
ga*&hik'!hata patta a bowl with 4 or 5 knots, similarly !*i -- ga*&hik' !hata ayopatta Vism 108; but see
!*i); DhA i.335 (˚j!ta= ga*&hij!ta knotty part), 394. -- 2. a block (or is it knot?) Vin ii.136 (? +p!saka; cp.