As a Hindi name
कीर्तना · noun · feminine
कथन । वर्णन · प्रसिद्धि । ख्याति — Śabdasāgara
कीर्तना · kīrtanā · s.f.
= kīrtan, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 888
Cited formation "कीर्तना" is कीर्त + -ना: कीर्त means "राधिका की माता 'कौर्ति'", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कीर्तना" is कीर्तना + -ना: कीर्तना means "= kīrtan, q.v", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "कीर्तना" is कीर्तन + -आ: कीर्तन means "praise; veneration (of deities)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fame
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kīrtanā" is the feminine form of "kīrtana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
fame, L.
kīrtana n. mentioning, repeating, saying, telling, MBh.; Pañcat. &c.
a monument, Jātakam.
Alternative readings
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