As a deity name
Name 215 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 699 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
गहना · noun · masculine
आभूषण । जेवर · रेहन । बंधक · छोटी लोटिया के आकार का मिट्टी का कुम्हारों का एक औजार, जिसका व्यवहार घडे़ आदि के बनाने में होता हैं — Śabdasāgara
गहना · verb
स॰ [सं॰ ग्रहण, प्रा॰ गहण] पकड़ना । धरना । थामना — Śabdasāgara
गहना · masculine
jewellery, ornament; deposit, pawn
गहना
to grab, seize, grasp
Platts (p. 936) also records: To seize, catch, lay hold of; to take
Cited formation "गहना" is गह + -ना: गह means "A handle", 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
Cited formation "गहना" is गहना + -ना: गहना means "jewellery, ornament", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग्र॑हण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- Sanskrit ग्रह् (grah) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Sanskrit -अन (-ana) Sanskrit ग्रह॑ण (gráhaṇa) Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀦 (gahana) Hindi गहना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀦 (gahana) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit ग्र॑हण (gràhaṇa, “holding, …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- Sanskrit ग्रह् (grah) Sanskrit *ग्रहति (*grahati) Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀇 (gahaï) Hindi गहना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀇 (gahaï), from Sanskrit *ग्रहति (*grahati, class 1 verb), from ग्रह् (grah, “to grab”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-. Comp…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ornament
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gahanā" is the feminine form of "gahana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
gahanā f. ornament, DevīP.
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
Alternative readings
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