[gaj-made ac] 1 An elephant; kacācitau viśvagivāgajau gajau Ki. 1. 36.

2 The number ‘eight’.

3 A mea- sure of length, a Gaja or yard, (thus defined: sādhāraṇanarāṃgulyā triṃśadaṃ- gulako gajaḥ).

4 A demon killed by Śiva.

5 One of the eight elephants of the quarters. Comp. agraṇī m. 1. the most excellent among ele- phants.

2. An epithet of airāvata, the elephant of Indra. adhipatiḥ lord of elephants,...