Kahna, Kāhna: 2 definitions

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Kahna means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Kāhna (काह्न) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kāhna, son of Jānārdani Vatsarāja, father of Mādhava (Siddhāntaratnāvalī on Sārasvatī Prakriyā). Io. 1959.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Kahna in Hindi refers in English to:—(v) to say, to state, to tell, to utter; (nm) saying, utterance, order; advice; [kahate na banana] to be beyond description, not to be able to narrate/describe; —[kucha karana kucha] double dealing; —[sunana] persuasion, inducement; wrangling; [kahane ko] virtually, nominally; [kahane mem ana] to be misled, to be induced; to veer round; [kahane mem hona] to be under (somebody’s) commands, to be under the spell (of); —[kahane se kumhara/dhobi gadhe para nahim cadhata] you can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink; [kahabadakara] with explicit resolution, challengingly; [kahem kheta ki, sunem khalihana ki] to talk of chalk and to hear of cheese..—kahna (कहना) is alternatively transliterated as Kahanā.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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