Gahana, Gāhana, Gahanā, Gahaṇa, Gahana-na: 29 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Gahana (गहन) refers to a “thick (forest)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.32 (“The seven celestial sages arrive”).—Accordingly, as Menā said to Himavat (Himācala): “[...] O lord of mountains, I shall not give my daughter endowed with all good accomplishments to Śiva with ugly features, ignoble conduct and defiled name. If you do not accede to my request, I shall undoubtedly die. I will immediately leave this house or swallow poison. With a rope I shall tie Pārvatī round my neck and go to a thick forest (gahana—gahanaṃ vanam). I would rather drown myself in the great ocean. I shall never give my daughter to him. [...]”.
Gahana (गहन).—A chief Vānara.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 235.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Gahana (गहन) refers to “forest” according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains, jungles [viz., Gahana] and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Gahana (गहन) refers to “dense (bamboo) thickets”, and is mentioned in a list of places highly susceptible to snake-bites, as taught in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā mentions that snake-bites that happen in certain places [like dense (bamboo) thicket (gahana)—gahane vetrapadmayoḥ] are highly inimical to the victim.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
1) Gahana (गहन) refers to “profound”, according to Arṇasiṃha’s Mahānayaprakāśa verse 134.—Accordingly, “The Śāmbhava (state) is the one in which the power of consciousness suddenly dissolves [i.e., vilaya] away into the Great Void called the Inactive (niḥspanda) that is profound [i.e., gahana] and has no abode. Cognitive awareness arises here in the form of a subtle wave of consciousness out of that ocean of emptiness, which is the perfectly peaceful condition of the dissolving away of destruction. [...] Again, that same (principle) free of the cognitive process is the supreme absolute said to be the Śāmbhava state of emptiness”.
2) Gahana (गहन) refers to a “dense (forest)”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly: “Mitranātha, in order to (acquire) the authority which comes from initiation (went to) the dense (gahana) forest of doctrine within which the venerable (Goddess) Kubjikā wonders. Once the Command was given to him (he became) Kuṇḍalīśa, the lord designated for three Ages. [...]”.
Gahanā (गहना) refers to one of the “thousand names of Kumārī”, as mentioned in the Kumārīsahasranāma, which is included in the 10th chapter of the first part (prathamabhāga) of the Rudrayāmala-Uttaratantra: an ancient Tantric work primarily dealing with the practice of Kuṇḍalinī-yoga, the worship of Kumārī and discussions regarding the Cakras. This edition is said to be derived of the Rudrayāmalatantra and consists of 6000 verses in 90 chapters (paṭalas) together with the Saralā-Hindīvyākhyopetam (i.e., the Rudrayamalam Uttaratantram with Sarala Hindi translation).—Gahanā is mentioned in śloka 1.10.33.—The chapter notes that one is granted the rewards obtained by reciting the text even without the performance of pūjā (worship), japa, snāna (bathing) and puraścaryā.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Gahana (गहन) refers to the “forest (of ignorance)”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] For liberation know yourself as consisting of consciousness, the witness of these [five elements]. [...] You are the one witness of everything, and are always totally free. The cause of your bondage is that you see the witness as something other than this. Since you have been bitten by the black snake of the self-opinion that 'I am the doer', drink the nectar of faith in the fact that 'I am not the doer', and be happy. Burn down the forest of ignorance (ajñāna-gahana) with the fire of the understanding that 'I am the one pure awareness', and be happy and free from distress. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Gahana (गहन) refers to “guile”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Ratnapāṇi said: ‘Son of good family, what are those eight dharmas included in?’ Gaganagañja said: ‘Son of good family, these eight dharmas are included in sixteen dharmas. What are these sixteen? To wit, (1) honest is included in calmness and gentleness; (2) clarity is included in the absence of pride and the absence of guile (gahana); (3) the absence of fabrication is included in the great friendliness and the great compassion; (4) the pure intention is included in the purity of body and thought; [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Gahana (गहन) refers to the “forest (of life)”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Having assented to your own births in the forest of life (janman-gahana), the pain you have been suffering previously for a long time by roaming about on the path of bad conduct subject to wrong faith is [like] an external fire. Now, having entered the self which is cherishing the end of all restlessness, wise, solitary, supreme [and] self-abiding, may you behold the beautiful face of liberation. [Thus ends the reflection on] difference [between the body and the self]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
gahaṇa : (nt.) taking; seizing; acquisition; grasp.
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gahana : (nt.) a thicket; a jungle; impenetrable place. (adj.), thick; impervious. || gāhana (nt.), submersion; plunging.
Gahana, (Sk. gahana, cp. also ghana) 1. adj. deep, thick, impervious, only in a° clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv 187 (akanataka+); Miln.160 (gahanaṃ a° kataṃ the thicket is cleared).—2. nt. an impenetrable place, a thicket jungle, tangle.—(a) 18 gahanāni at J.V, 46; usually appl. to grass: tiṇa° A.I, 153=III, 128 (+rukkha°); Miln.369; adj. tiṇagahanā obstructed with grass (of vihārā) Vin.II, 138;— S.I, 199 (rukkhamūla°); J.I, 7, 158; PvA.5 (pabbata°), 43; VvA.230 (vana°).—(b) fig. imperviousness, entanglement, obstruction, appl. to diṭṭhi, the jungle of wrong views or heresy (usually combined w. diṭṭhi-kantāra, the wilderness of d., see diṭṭhi) M.I, 8, 485; Pug.22; DA.I, 108. Of rāga°, moha°, etc., and kilesa° Nd2 630 (in expl. of Satthā; rāgagahanaṃ tāreti); DhA.IV, 156 (on Dh.394); VvA.96.-manussa° M.I, 340.
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Gahaṇa, (fr. gaṇhāti) (adj.) seizing, taking; acquiring; (n.) seizure, grasp, hold, acquisition Vism.114 (in detail). Usually —°: nāma°-divase on the day on which a child gets its name (lit. acquiring a name) J.I, 199, 262; arahatta° DhA.I, 8; dussa° DhA.II, 87; maccha° J.IV, 139; hattha° J.I, 294; byanjana°-lakkhaṇa Nett 27. gahaṇatthāya in order to get ... J.I, 279; II, 352. ‹-› amhākaṃ g° sugahaṇaṃ we have a tight grip J.I, 222, 223. (Page 247)
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Gāhana, (nt.) (fr. last) submersion, see avagahana, avagāhati & avagāhana. (Page 250)
[Pali to Burmese]
1) gahana—
(Burmese text): (၁) တော၊ ဝင်ရောက်နိုင်-လွန်မြောက်နိုင်-ခဲသောအရပ်။ (၂) ချုံ။ (၃) ပုန်းအောင်းရာအရပ်။ (၄) ရှုတ်ထွေး-ခက်ခဲ-ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၅) ရှုတ်ထွေး-ထူထပ်-ခက်ခဲ-သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Forest, a place that can be entered and passed through. (2) Hollow. (3) A deserted area. (4) Difficult - complicated - state. (5) Difficult - thick - complicated - state.
2) gahana—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကိလေသာ တောချုံရှိသော။ (၂) တောချုံနှင့်တူသော။ ဂဟနမိစ္ဆာဒိဋ္ဌိ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) A place that is remote and secluded. (2) Similar to a secluded place. Reference to nature and residence.
3) gahaṇa—
(Burmese text): (၁) ယူခြင်း၊ လုယူ-ဖမ်းယူ-ခံယူ-ကိုင်ယူ-သင်ယူ-ခြင်း။ (တိ) (၂) ဆိုအပ်ပြီးသော။ (၃) ယူတတ်သော၊ မှတ်ယူ-တတ်-နိုင်-သော၊ လက်ခံ-ယုံကြည်-တတ်သော။ (၄) ယူအပ်သော၊ ကိုင်ယူအပ်သော။ (၅) ယူ-လက်ခံ-မှတ်ယူ-ကြောင်း၊ သဒ္ဒါ။ (၆) (ဖမ်း) ယူရာ။ ဂဟဏဓာရဏဋ္ဌ,ဂဟဏမုခ-ကြည့်။ ဂဟဏကာလ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Taking, stealing - capturing - receiving - holding - learning - (to) do. (precisely) (2) Being said. (3) Able to take, capable of remembering - able - accepting - believing. (4) Being taken or held. (5) Taking - receiving - remembering - discourse. (6) (Capture) taking place. See the residential resource, see the residential disgrace. See the residential time.
4) gāhanā—
(Burmese text): ယူခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Taking.
5) gāhaṇa—
(Burmese text): ယူ-သင်ယူ-စေခြင်း။
(Auto-Translation): Teach to learn.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
gahana (गहन).—a (S) Difficult of passage or access--a river, road, forest, mountain: also difficult of comprehension--a science, treatise, stanza. Ex. ārambhilī rāmakathā ga0 ॥.
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gahanā (गहना) [or गहिना, gahinā].—m or by redup. gahanāgāṭhā m ( H) Trinkets, jewels, ornaments: also a trinket or an ornament gen.
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gāhaṇa (गाहण) [or गाहाण, gāhāṇa].—n by redup. gāhaṇapāhaṇa n ( H) A pawn or pledge. Pr. sōnēṃ gā0 tyālā māmā jāmīna kaśāsa?
gahana (गहन).—a Difficult of passage or access-a forest &c., difficult of comprehen- sion, a science, treatise &c.
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gahanā (गहना).—m Trinkets, ornaments.
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gahāṇa (गहाण).—See under gāha
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gāhaṇa (गाहण).—n A pawn or pledge.
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gāhāṇa (गाहाण).—n A pawn or pledge.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Gahana (गहन).—a.
1) Deep, dense, thick; वनान्निष्क्रम्य गहनाद्बहवः कुरुसैनिकाः (vanānniṣkramya gahanādbahavaḥ kurusainikāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.67.2.
2) Impervious, impenetrable, impassable, inaccessible.
3) Hard to be understood, inexplicable, mysterious; सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो योगिनामप्यगम्यः (sevādharmaḥ paramagahano yogināmapyagamyaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.11,285; Bhartṛhari 2.58; गहना कर्मणो गतिः (gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 4.17; Śānti.1.8.
4) Grave, dignified; भूम्ना रसानां गहनाः प्रयोगाः (bhūmnā rasānāṃ gahanāḥ prayogāḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.4.
5) Impassioned, replete with love, strong; क्व च नु गहनाः कौतुकरसाः (kva ca nu gahanāḥ kautukarasāḥ) Uttararāmacarita 6.33.
6) Hard, difficult, causing pain or trouble; गहनसंसारः (gahanasaṃsāraḥ) Śānti.3.15; Uttararāmacarita 7.6. (v. l.).
7) Deepened, intensified; महामोहगहनः (mahāmohagahanaḥ) (vikāraḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.3.
-nam 1 An abyss, depth; अम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् (ambhaḥ kimāsīdgahanaṃ gabhīram) Ṛgveda 1.129.1.
2) A wood, thicket, deep or impenetrable forest; यदनुगमनाय निशि गहनमपि शीलितम् (yadanugamanāya niśi gahanamapi śīlitam) Gītagovinda 7; Bv.1.25.
3) A hiding-place.
4) A cave.
5) Pain, distress.
6) An ornament.
7) Water.
8) An inaccessible place; धिष्ण्यानामस्म्यहं मेरुर्गहनानां हिमालयः (dhiṣṇyānāmasmyahaṃ merurgahanānāṃ himālayaḥ) Bhāgavata 11.16.21.
-naḥ The Supreme Being.
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Gāhana (गाहन).—[gāh-lyuṭ] The act of diving into, plunging, bathing &c.
Derivable forms: gāhanam (गाहनम्).
Gahana (गहन).—(nt., or adj.), is sometimes, apparently, in-volved in word-plays with grahaṇa, q.v. (on the basis of MIndic pronunciation of the latter). In Śikṣāsamuccaya 286.1 (aśaṭhatā śaṭheṣu,) amāyāvitā gahanacariteṣu (this is the clear intention of the ms., see ed. note, and must be read), kṛtajñatā akṛtajñeṣu, etc., the Tibetan is said to render guilelessness among the guileful, which is supported by the parallel phrases surrounding this. The translation(s) of Bendall and Rouse renders gahana-carita overreaching; it seems more likely to mean of obscure, hidden (or perhaps tangled) conduct, and so tricky. See next (apparently a quite un- related confusion).
Gahana (गहन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Impervious, inaccessible. n.
(-naṃ) 1. A wood, a thicket. 2. A cave. 3. Pain, distress. E. gāh to tremble, &c. affix yuc, and the radical vowel made short; or gah to be thick, affix as before.
Gahana (गहन).—i. e. gabh (cf. gabhīra, and gāh) + ana, I. adj., f. nā. 1. Deep, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 11. 2. Impervious, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 85, 4. 3. Impenetrable, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 317. Ii. n. 1. A thicket, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 48, 2. 2. Impenetrability, obscurity, Mahābhārata 11, 125. 3. Multitude, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 35, 16.
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Gāhana (गाहन).—[gāh + ana], n. Bathing, Da- śak. 145, 14.
Gahana (गहन).—[adjective] deep, thick, impenetrable; [neuter] depth, abyss, thicket, impenetrable place or darkness.
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Gāhana (गाहन).—[neuter] plunging, bathing.
1) Gahana (गहन):—[from gah] mf(ā)n. ([gana] kṣubhnādi) deep, dense, thick, impervious, impenetrable, inexplicable, hard to be understood, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
2) Gahanā (गहना):—[from gahana > gah] f. ornament, [DevīP.]
3) Gahana (गहन):—[from gah] n. an abyss, depth (‘water’ [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska; Nirukta, by Yāska]), [Ṛg-veda x, 129, 1]
4) [v.s. ...] an inaccessible place, hiding-place, thicket, cave, wood, impenetrable darkness[, i, 132, 6; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiv, 7, 2, 17; Mahābhārata] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] pain, distress, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] a metre consisting of thirty-two syllables.
7) Gāhana (गाहन):—[from gāh] n. diving into, bathing, [Daśakumāra-carita xii, 111.]
Gahana (गहन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] Impervious. n. A wood; a cave; pain.
Gahana (गहन):—
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Gāhana (गाहन):—(wie eben) n. das Eintauchen, Baden [Daśakumāracarita 175, 14.]
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Gahana (गहन):—
1) akalitagahanāvadhīni duḥkhāni [Kathāsaritsāgara 123, 339.] —
2) b) taru [Spr. 3993.] indriyārtha [571.] — c) ein Metrum von 92 Silben [Weber’s Indische Studien 8, 107.] —
3) f. ā Schmuck [Śabdakalpadruma] nach dem [Devīpurāṇa]
Gahana (गहन):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) tief , dicht , undurchdringlich (eig. und übertr.). —
2) f. gahanā Schmuck. —
3) n. — a) Abgrund , Tiefe ; ein unzugänglicher Ort , Versteck , Schlupfwinkel , Dickicht , Waldesdickicht , dichte Menge ; unerforschliches Dunkel. — b) *Wasser. — c) *Schmerz , Leid. — d) ein Metrum von 32 Silben.
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Gāhana (गाहन):—n. das Eintauchen , Baden.
Gahana (गहन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gahaṇa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
1) Gahana (गहन) [Also spelled gahan]:—(a) deep; intricate; impregnable; obscure; mysterious, dense; inaccesible; ~[tā] depth; intricacy; impregnability; obscurity; mysteriousness; density; inaccessiblity.
2) Gahanā (गहना):—(nm) ornament; (v) to catch; [gahane] jewellery; •[rakhanā] to pawn, to mortgage.
3) Gāhanā (गाहना):—(v) to thresh; to chinse.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Gahaṇa (गहण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Grahaṇa.
2) Gahaṇa (गहण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Grāhaṇa.
3) Gahaṇa (गहण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Grahaṇa.
4) Gahaṇa (गहण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Gahana.
5) Gahaṇa (गहण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Gahana.
6) Gāhaṇa (गाहण) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Grāhaṇa.
7) Gāhaṇā (गाहणा) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Grāhaṇā.
Gāhaṇā has the following synonyms: Gāhaṇayā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Gahana (ಗಹನ):—
1) [adjective] that is hard to be understood; not easily comprehensible.
2) [adjective] difficult to approach, reach.
3) [adjective] dense; thick; difficult to penetrate or get through.
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Gahana (ಗಹನ):—
1) [noun] that which is very difficult to accomplish.
2) [noun] an incomprehensible subject, matter, secret, etc.; a mysterious thing.
3) [noun] a great, wonderful thing.
4) [noun] a deep ditch.
5) [noun] a dense, impenetrable forest.
6) [noun] a low, woody plant with several permanent stems; a bush; a shrub.
7) [noun] a narrow and inaccessible place.
8) [noun] the fact of being dense, crowded.
9) [noun] a respectable man; a man of esteem.
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Gāhana (ಗಾಹನ):—
1) [noun] an incomprehensible subject, matter, secret, etc.; a mysterious thing.
2) [noun] a deep ditch.
3) [noun] a dense, impenetrable forest.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Gahana (गहन):—adj. 1. deep; impenetrable; 2. thick; dense; 3. inaccessible; difficult to reach; 4. inexplicable; hard to be understood;
2) Gahana (गहन):—n. 1. depth; density; 2. inaccessibility;
3) Gahanā (गहना):—n. 1. ornament; jewel; trinkets; 2. virtue; merit; good character;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Gahu, Ao, Yu, Yu, Gaha, Ne, A, Gahana, Na.
Starts with (+27): Gahanabhava, Gahanacchanna, Gahanachattakara, Gahanadanda, Gahanadesa, Gahanadhippaya, Gahanadivasa, Gahanagata, Gahanahattha, Gahanahetu, Gahanakala, Gahanakara, Gahanakarana, Gahanakhanti, Gahanakicca, Gahanakkhama, Gahanakkhana, Gahanakosalla, Gahanakuta, Gahanalakkhana.
Full-text (+689): Avagahana, Sugahana, Vanagahana, Niggahaṇa, Nissaya, Gahanavata, Gahanatthana, Patiggahana, Ditthigahana, Rukkhagahaṇa, Tiṇagahaṇa, Pabbatagahana, Aggahana, Alagadda, Uggahaṇa, Pragahana, Phagguni, Gahanakicca, Laddhigahana, Micchagahana.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 6.5 < [Chapter 6 - Third-rate Poetry and Super-excellent Poetry]
Text 7.123 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
Text 10.178 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 108 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 691 < [Hindi-Sindhi-English Volume 1]
Page 691 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 1]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Bhagavad-gita (with Vaishnava commentaries) (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.17 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)
Part 2 - A Note on the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 6.2 - Metres Employed in the Mālatīmādhava < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]
Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)