गज

Monier-Williams · gaja
gaja m. an elephant v, 3 &c. (ifc. f. ā ii, 57, 7) ‖ (= dig-g) one of the 8 elephants of the regions ‖ (hence) the number 'eight' ‖ a measure of length (commonly Gaz, equal to two cubits = 1 3/4 Or 2 Hastas) ‖ a mound of earth (sloping on both sides) on which a house may be erected ‖ = -puṭa, q.v ‖ (in music) a kind of measure ‖ N. of a man vi, 3997 ‖ of an Asura (conquered by Śiva) lxviii ‖ of an attendant on the sun ‖ (ā), f. = -viithi ix, 1 ff. ‖ (ī), f. a female elephant iv, 6, 26 ; x, 33, 23