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grāmān

m

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. gräma-

gräma- m. Treck, Heerhaufen, Kriegerschar, wehrhafte Mannschaft einer Siedlung, Dorfgemeinde, bewohnter Platz (RV +; s. ZimmerAiL 159f., MK 1 245ff., Mylius; Thi, KZ 81 [1968] 234 und Anm. 2=KS 248 und Anm. 2, Rau, pur 49, Humb, Fs Knobloch 192); grämajit- als Heerschar siegend (RV, AV, Neisser 2,93), gräma-n’- m. Heerbannführer (RV +; Thi, ZDMG 91 [1937] 117 Anm. 1= KS 307 Anm. 1); samgrama508 gravan- m. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. gräma-, p. 562]

2. grāma

grāma m. an inhabited place, village, hamlet, RV. i , x ; AV. ; VS. &c.;

3. grāma

any number of men associated together, multitude, troop ( esp. of soldiers), RV. i , iii , x ; AV. iv, 7, 5 ; ŚBr. vi , xii

4. grāma

ifc. ( cf. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 84 ) a multitude, class, collection or number (in general) cf. indriya, guṇa, bhūta, &c.

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  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. gräma (vol. 1, scan pp. 562-563; entry #5895).

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.