गज [ gaja ] [ gaja ] m. an elephant Lit. ShaḍvBr. v , 3 Lit. Mn. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . Lit. R. ii , 57 , 7)

  (= [ dig-g ] ) one of the 8 elephants of the regions Lit. W.

  (hence) the number " eight " Lit. Sūryas.

  a measure of length (commonly Gaz , equal to two cubits = 1 3/4 Or 2 Hastas)Lit. L.

  a mound of earth (sloping on both sides) on which a house may be erected Lit. Jyot.

  = [ -puṭa ] q.v.

  (in music) a kind of measure

  N. of a man Lit. MBh. vi , 3997

  of an Asura (conquered by Śiva) Lit. KāśīKh. lxviii

  of an attendant on the sun Lit. L.

  [ gajā ] f. = [ -vīthi ] Lit. VarBṛS. ix , 1 ff. Sch.

  [ gajī ] f. a female elephant Lit. BhP. iv , 6 , 26 ; x , 33 , 23.