grāma—ṇī́ m. (fr. -nī, [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 14], [Siddh.]; [vi, 4, 82]; gen. pl. -ṇyām, or Ved. -ṇīnām, [vii, 1, 56]; [3, 116], Sch., not in [Kāś.]; °Ri n. ‘leading, chief’, [vii, 1, 74], [Kāś.]) the leader or chief of a village or community, lord of the manor, squire, leader of a troop or army, chief, superintendent, [RV. x, 62, 11] and [107, 5]; [VS.]; [AV.]; &c.
grāma—ṇī́ mfn. (see before -ṇi n.) chief, pre-eminent, [W.]
grāma—ṇī́ m. a village barber (chief person of a village), [L.]
a groom (bhogika), [L.]
a Yakṣa, [VP. ii, 10, 2 f.]; [BhP. v, 21, 18]
N. of a Gandharva chief, [R. iv, 41, 61]
of a demon causing diseases, [Hariv. 9556]
of one of Śiva's attendants, [L.]
of a locality g. takṣaśilādi
grāma—ṇī́ f. a female peasant or villager, [L.]
a harlot, [L.]
(for °miṇī) the Indigo plant, [L.]