As a deity name
Name 90 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
होना
to be (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same); to be, become (to have or gain the quality of); to exist; to be born
a Hindi word of Old Hindi origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwHeti Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti) Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi) Old Hindi होइ (hoi) Hindi हो (ho) Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Indo-Irania…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same) (a Hindi word of Old Hindi origin; it is not Sanskrit; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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