As a deity name
Name 564 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
घटना · feminine
event, occurrence; incident; accident
घटना
to happen, to take place, to occur
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
event, occurrence (a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घटना; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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