In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Ghanatā (घनता, “denseness”) refers to one of the attributes of kapha (one of the three biological humors, or tridoṣa). Ghanatā is characterised by plumpness and tendency towards obesity, well-built body and sturdy muscles. Kapha represents the “water element” of the human body and is situated in the śiras (head).

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Ghanatā (घनता):—Obesity.

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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.

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Ghanatā (घनता) refers to a “plenitude (of bliss)”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.132.—Accordingly, “[The passage] ‘inasmuch as they are [somehow] manifest in the concept [representing them’ means the following]. [...] And ‘liberation,’ [apprehended] as consisting of an absolute fullness the essence of which is nothing but the plenitude of a bliss (ānanda-ghanatā-ekasāra) that is not brought about [because in fact it is] innate, [...]—[all these] must belong to the realm of phenomena; otherwise such [things] as the fact that [they] can be desired, the search for the realization of this [desire], their determination [as having] this [particular] form and place, the practice in accordance with [this determination], etc., would [all] be impossible”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ghāṇaṭa (घाणट).—a sometimes ghāṇavaṭa a (ghāṇa) Stinking. 2 fig. Disgusting, nauseous, loathsome.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ghāṇaṭa (घाणट).—a Stinking. Disgusting, nauseous, loathsome.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghanatā (घनता).—

1) Compactness, density.

2) Firmness, solidity; Bṛ. S.55.25.

See also (synonyms): ghanatva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghanatā (घनता).—[ghana + tā], f. Solidity, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 64 (ºtāṃ nayati śravaṇam, She makes her ear solid, i. e. she fills up its opening so that no empty space remains).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghanatā (घनता).—[feminine] compactness, thickness (also tva [neuter]); state of a cloud.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ghanatā (घनता):—[=ghana-tā] [from ghana] f. compactness, [Śiśupāla-vadha ix, 64]

2) [v.s. ...] the condition of a cloud, [Kuvalayānanda 262.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Ghanata in German

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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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ghanatā (घनता) [Also spelled ghanta]:—(nf) density; solidity; compactness.

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Partial matches: Ghana, Ta.

Starts with: Ghanatala, Ghanatama, Ghanatamasa, Ghanatana, Ghanatara, Ghanatauke.

Ends with: Bhavasaghanata, Ghanaghanata.

Full-text: Ghanatva, Ghanatv, Ghanta, Nikunja, Puga, Kanati, Ghana.

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