As a deity name
Name 64 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
गुण · noun · masculine
किसी वस्तु में पाई जानेवाली वह बात जिसके द्वारा वह दूसरी वस्तु से पहचानी जाय । वह भाव जो किसी वस्तु के साथ लगा हुआ हो । धर्म । सिफत · निपुणता । प्रवीणता · कोई कला या विद्या । हुनर — Śabdasāgara
गुण · suffix
एक प्रत्यय जो संख्यावाचक शब्दों के आगे लगता है और उतनी ही बार किसी विशेष संख्या, मात्रा या परिमाण को सूचित करता है । जैसे, द्विगुण, चतुर्गुण — Śabdasāgara
गुण · guṇa · s.m.
A string or thread; a rope; a track-rope; string (of a musical instrument) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 916
गुण · masculine
quality, condition; characteristic, property; merit, virtue
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गुण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
guṇa m. (√ grah, Uṇ.) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. tri-g˚, q.v.), string or thread, rope, TS. vii; Mṛcch.; Kum.; Ragh.
a garland, W.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the string of a musical instrument, chord, ifc. (ā) with numerals ‘fold, times’ (see catur-, tri-, daśa-, dvi-, pañca-; rarely the numeral stands by itself along with guṇa [e.g., ‘…
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M1 · same meaning "guṇa" is the vocative of "guṇā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
guṇa m. (√ grah, Uṇ.) a single thread or strand of a cord or twine (e.g. tri-g˚, q.v.), string or thread, rope, TS. vii; Mṛcch.; Kum.; Ragh.
a garland, W.
a bow-string, R. iii, 33, 16 (cāpa-), Ragh. ix, 54; Ṛtus.; Hit.
(in geom.) a sinew
the string of a musical instrument, chord, Śiś. iv, 57 : ifc. (f(ā). ) with numerals ‘fold, times’ (see catur-, tri-, daśa-, dvi-, pañca-; rarely the numeral stands by itself along with guṇa [e.g. viśiṣṭo daśabhir guṇaiḥ, ‘of ten times higher value’, Mn. ii, 85] AV. x, 8, 43; MBh. iii, 15649; Hariv. 509; [guṇa = bhāga] Pāṇ. v, 2, 47, Kāś.)
guṇā (ā), f. Sanseviera Roxburghiana, L.
the plant māṃsarohiṇī, L.
Alternative readings
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