As a deity name
Name 675 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
घृणा · noun · feminine
घिन । नफरत · वीभत्स रस का स्थायी भाव · दया । करुणा । तरस — Śabdasāgara
घृणा · ghr̤iṇā · s.f.
Aversion, dislike, abhorrence; contempt, disdain — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 933
घृणा · feminine
hatred, disgust; aversion, scorn, loathing; disdain, abhorrence, repulsion
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घृ॒णा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥nós Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥nás Sanskrit घृ॒ण (ghṛṇá) Sanskrit घृ॒णा (ghṛṇā́)lbor. Hindi घृणा Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घृ॒णा (ghṛṇā́). Doublet of घिन (ghin).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a warm feeling towards others, compassion, tenderness
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghṛṇā" is the feminine form of "ghṛṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ghṛṇā (ā), ind. through heat or sunshine, RV.
ghṛṇā (ā), f. a warm feeling towards others, compassion, tenderness, MBh. iii, v; R.; Ragh.; BhP.
aversion, contempt (with loc.), Naiṣ. i, 20; iii, 60
horror, disgust, Kād. vii, 199 and 236; Hcar. v, 186
a kind of cucumber, Gal. (cf. nir-, hṛṇīyā.)
ghṛṇa m. heat, ardour, sunshine, RV. i, 133, 6; vi, 15, 5; x, 37, 10
ghṛṇa (u,) ghṛṇu 8th cl. (gharṇoti ghaṇute) To shine. (i) ghṛṇi r. 1st cl. (ghṛṇate) To take or accept.
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