As a deity name
Name 714 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
घन · noun · masculine
मेघ । बादल · लोहारों का बड़ा हथौड़ा जिससे वे गरम लोहा पीटते हैं · लोह । (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
घन · adj
१ घना । गझिन · जिसके अणु परस्पर खूब मिले हों । गठा हुआ । ठोसा · दृढ़ । मजबूत । भारी — Śabdasāgara
घन · masculine
cloud; cube; cube (mathematical operation); hammer
घन
synonym of घना (ghanā, “dense, thick”)
Platts (p. 936) also records: (f. -ā), Compact, solid, hard, firm; coarse, gross
Cited formation "घन" is घ + -न: घ means "the fourth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "घन" is घना + -न: घना means "thick, dense, heavy", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit घन (ghana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ghana mf(ā)n. (√ han) a striker, killer, destroyer, RV. i, 4, 8; iii, 49, 1; iv, 38, 1; viii, 96, 18
compact, solid, material, hard, firm, dense, i, 8, 3 (ghanā for ˚nam ā), Suśr. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an iron club, mace, weapon shaped like a hammer
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghana" is the vocative of "ghanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
ghana mf(ā)n. (√ han) a striker, killer, destroyer, RV. i, 4, 8; iii, 49, 1; iv, 38, 1; viii, 96, 18
compact, solid, material, hard, firm, dense, i, 8, 3 (ghanā for ˚nam ā), Suśr. &c.
coarse, gross
viscid, thick, inspissated, Suśr.; Bhartṛ.; Kathās. xxiv, 93
full of (in comp.), densely filled with (in comp.), MBh. i, xiii; Ragh. viii, 90; Ratnāv. iv, 2
ghanā (ā), f. N. of a stringed instrument
Glycine debilis, L.
Alternative readings
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