gajaH [ gaj-made ac ] 1 An elephant; kacAcitO viSvagivAgajO gajO Ki. 1. 36. 2 The number ‘eight’. 3 A measure of length, a Gaja or yard, (thus defined:- sADAraRanarAMgulyA triMSadaMgulako gajaH ). 4 A demon killed by Śiva. 5 One of the eight elephants of the quarters. Comp. — agraRI m. 1 the most excellent among elephants. 2 An epithet of ErAvata , the elephant of Indra. — aDipatiH lord of elephants, a noble elephant. — aDyakzaH a superintendent of elephants. — apasadaH a vile or wretched elephant, a common or low-born elephant. — aSanaH the religious fig-tree ( aSvatTa ). — (naM) the root of a lotus. — ariH 1 a lion. 2 N. of Śiva who killed the demon gaja . — AjIvaH ‘one who gets his livelihood by elephants’, an elephantdriver. — AnanaH, -AsyaH epithets of Gaṇeśa. — AyurvedaH science of the treatment of elephants. — ArohaH an elephant-driver. — AhvaM, -AhvayaM N. of Hastināpura. — iMdraH 1 an excelent elephant, a lordly elephant; kiM ruzwAsi gajeMdramaMdagamane Ś. Til. 7. 2 Airāvata, Indra's elephant. °karRaH an epithet of Śiva. — kaMdaH a large esculent root. — kUrmASin m. N. of Garuḍa. — gatiH f. 1 a stately, majestic gait like that of an elephant. 2 a woman with such a gait. — gAminI a woman having a stately elephant-like gait. — CAyA a portion of time proper for a Śrāddha, time at the eclipse of the sun; sEMhikeyo yadA BAnuM grasate parvasaMDizu . gajacCAyA tu sA proktA SrAdDa tatra prakalpayet .. -daGna, -dvayasa a. as high or tall as an elephant. — daMtaH 1 an elephant's tusk. 2 an epithet of Gaṇeśa. 3 ivory. 4 a peg, pin, or bracket projecting from a wall. °maya a. made of ivory. — dAnaM 1 the fluid ( pb ) (ichor) exuding from the temples of an elephant. 2 the gift of an elephant. — nAsA the trunk of an elephant. — patiH 1 the lord or keeper of elephants. 2 a very tall and stately elephant; Śi. 6. 55. 3 an excellent elephant. — puMgavaH a large and excellent elephant; gajapuMgavastu DIraM vilokayati cAwuSatESca BuMkte Bh. 2. 31. — puwaH a small hole in the ground for fire. — puraM N. of Hastināpura. — baMDanI, -baMDinI a stable for elephants. — BakzakaH the sacred fig-tree. — BakzA the gum olibanum tree. — maMqanaM the ornaments with which an elephant is decorated, particularly the coloured lines on his head. — maMqalikA, -maMqalI a ring or circle of elephants. — mAcalaH a lion. — muktA, -mOktikaM a pearl supposed to be found in the kumbhas or projections on the forehead of an elephant. — muKaH, -vaktraH, -vadanaH epithets of Gaṇesa. — mowanaH a lion. — yUTaM a herd of elephants; R. 9. 71. — yoDin a. fighting on an elephant. — rAjaH a lordly or noble elephant. — vITiH, -TI f. the three lunar mansions rohiRI, ArdrA and mfgaSiras ; rohiRyArdrA mfgASiro gajavITyaBiDIyate . — vrajaH a troop of elephants. — SikzA the science of elephants. — sAhvayaM N. of Hastināpura. — snAnaM (lit) bathing of an elephant; ( fig. ) useless or unproductive efforts resembling the ablution of elephants which, after pouring water over their bodies, end by throwing dirt, rubbish, and other foul matter; cf. avaSeMdriyacittAnAM hastisnAnamiva kriyA H. 1. 18.