As a Hindi name
मोहन · noun · masculine
मोह लेनेवाला व्यक्ति । जिसे देखकर जी लुभा जाय · श्रीकृष्ण · एक वर्णवृत्त जिसके प्रत्येक चरण में एक सगण और एक जगण होता है । जैसे,—जन राजवंत । जग योगवंत । तिनको उदोत । केहिं भाँति होत ।— केशव (शब्द॰) — Śabdasāgara
मोहन · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ मोहिनी] मोह उत्पन्न करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
मोहन · masculine
an epithet of Shri Krishna; a male given name, Mohan, from Sanskrit
मोहन · masculine
enchanter, charmer
Platts (p. 1096) also records: (f. -ī), Stupefying, depriving of consciousness or sensation; perplexing, bewildering
Cited formation "मोहन" is मोह + -न: मोह means "bewilderment, infatuation, attachment", 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 "मोहन" is मोहना + -न: मोहना means "to charm, beguile, enchant, woo", 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 मोहन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहन (mohana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mohana mf(ī)n. depriving of consciousness, bewildering, confusing, perplexing, leading astray, infatuating, MBh.; R. &c.
mohana m. the thorn-apple, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the being deluded or infatuated, delusion, infatuation, embarrassment, mistake
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mohana" is the vocative of "mohanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mohana mf(ī)n. depriving of consciousness, bewildering, confusing, perplexing, leading astray, infatuating, MBh.; R. &c.
mohana m. the thorn-apple, L.
N. of Śiva, R.
N. of one of the 5 arrows of the god of love, Vet.
of various other authors and men, Kathās.; Śukas.; Cat.
mohanā (ā), f. the flower of a sort of jasmine, L.
Trigonella Corniculata, L.
Alternative readings
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