As a Hindi name
घटना · feminine
event, occurrence; incident; accident
घटना
to happen, to take place, to occur
Śabdasāgara also records: अ॰ · उपस्थित होना । वाकै होना । होना । जैसे,—वहाँ ऐसी घटना घटी कि सब लोग आश्चर्य में आ गए
Platts (p. 931) also records: To form, shape, make, fashion; to join, unite, mix
Cited formation "घटना" is घट + -ना: घट means "A large (earthen) water-jar, a water-pot ( = ghaṛā, 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घटना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घटना (ghaṭanā). Compare to Bengali ঘটনা (ghôṭôna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ghaṭanā f. exertion, motion, acting, manner of acting, VarBṛS. l, 1; Pañcat.; Kathās. cxxii, 33
striving after, being occupied or busy with (loc. or in comp.), Śāntiś. ii, 20 (= Nāg. iv, 2), Sāh. iv, 14/v (iṣu-, ‘shooting an arrow’)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit घटयते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set घटना (ghaṭnā) घटाना (ghaṭānā) घटवाना (ghaṭvānā) Inherited from Sanskrit घटयते (ghaṭayate) or Sanskrit घटते (ghaṭate). Cognate with Bengali ঘটা (ghoṭa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
exertion, motion, acting, manner of acting
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghaṭanā" is the feminine form of "ghaṭana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ghaṭanā f. exertion, motion, acting, manner of acting, VarBṛS. l, 1; Pañcat.; Kathās. cxxii, 33
striving after, being occupied or busy with (loc. or in comp.), Śāntiś. ii, 20 (= Nāg. iv, 2), Sāh. iv, 14/v (iṣu-, ‘shooting an arrow’)
taking effect, answering, accomplishment, (˚nāṃ-√ yā, ‘to take effect, succeed’, Rājat. iv, 365; ˚nāṃ-√ nī, to effect, accomplish, Siṃhās.)
connection, union with (in comp.), Sāh. iii, 226/227
(= ˚ṭa) a troop (of elephants), L.
ghaṭana n. (= ˚ṭā, L.) connection or union with (instr. or in comp.), Vikr. ii, 15 (v.l.), Kathās. xxiv, 231
ghaṭana nf. procuring, finding, Kathās. cxviii, 197
Alternative readings
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