Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain, distress”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 457 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 127 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 382 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
Name 544 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain, distress”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
गहन · adj
गंभिर । गहरा । अथाह । जैसे,—गहन जलाशय · दुर्गम । घना । दुर्भेद्य । जैसे,—गहन वन, गहन पर्वत · कठिन । दुरूह । जेसे,—गहन विषय — Śabdasāgara
गहन · noun · masculine
गहराई । थाह · दुर्गम स्थान । जेसे, झाडी, गड्ढा, जंगल, अंधकारपूर्ण स्थान · वन या कानन में गुप्त स्थान । कुंज । निकुंज — Śabdasāgara
गहन · gahan · adj.
(f. -ā), Deep; dense, thick; impervious, impenetrable; inexplicable — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 936
गहन
dense, crowded; profound
Cited formation "गहन" is गह + -न: गह means "A handle", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "गहन" is गहना + -न: गहना means "jewellery, ornament", 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, derived from the Sanskrit गहन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit गहन (gahana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gahana mf(ā)n. (g. kṣubhnādi) deep, dense, thick, impervious, impenetrable, inexplicable, hard to be understood, MBh.; R. &c.
gahana n. an abyss, depth (‘water’, Naigh.; Nir.), RV. x, 129, 1
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an abyss, depth (‘water’, )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gahana" is the vocative of "gahanā" — 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
gahana mf(ā)n. (g. kṣubhnādi) deep, dense, thick, impervious, impenetrable, inexplicable, hard to be understood, MBh.; R. &c.
gahana n. an abyss, depth (‘water’, Naigh.; Nir.), RV. x, 129, 1
an inaccessible place, hiding-place, thicket, cave, wood, impenetrable darkness, i, 132, 6; ŚBr. xiv, 7, 2, 17; MBh. &c.
pain, distress, L.
a metre consisting of thirty-two syllables.
gahanā f. ornament, DevīP.
Alternative readings
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