Saghana: 7 definitions

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Saghana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saghana (सघन).—a & ad (sa With, ghana Thick.) Thick, close, dense, clustering, thronging, closely set or fast set;--used of trees, crops, fruits, cloth, liquids &c. Ex. tēṃ pikāsīṃ ālēṃ sa0 || umaṭalē kaṇa tayāvarī ||; also āmbē dāḷimba nārikēḷī || sa0 lāgalī vanasthaḷīṃ ||.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Saghana (सघन).—adj. dense, [Pañcatantra] 141, 16.

Saghana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and ghana (घन).

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

Saghana (सघन).—[adjective] thick, dense; cloudy.

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

1) Saghana (सघन):—[=sa-ghana] [from sa > sa-gajāroha] mfn. thick (as hair), [Śārṅgadhara-saṃhitā]

2) [v.s. ...] clouded, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

3) [v.s. ...] dense, solid, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Saghana 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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saghana (सघन) [Also spelled saghan]:—(a) dense, thick; intensive; overcast with clouds, cloudy; —[khetī] intensive cultivation; ~[] denseness/intensity; cloudiness; ~[tāmāpī] densimeter.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saghāna (ಸಘಾನ):—

1) [noun] greatness of the mind; large-heartedness; reputation based on character, etc.

2) [noun] a dignified, large-hearted man.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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