लग्न lagna
boy 2 syllables SLP1 lagna

As a deity name

Name 715 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha

Name 924 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

As a Hindi name

लग्न · noun · masculine

ज्योतिष में दिन का उतना अंश, जितने में किसी एक राशि का उदय रहता है · ज्योतिष के अनुसार कोई शुभ कार्य करने का मुहूर्त · विवाह का समय — Śabdasāgara

लग्न · adj

लगा हुआ । मिला हुआ · लज्जित । शरमिंदा · आसक्त — Śabdasāgara

लग्न · masculine

wedding

Platts (p. 962) also records: Attached (to), joined (to), connected (with), applying (to); adhering (to)

Cited formation "लग्न" is लग्ना + -न: लग्ना means "(of lagna, q.v.), A female bard, a poetess", 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

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi लग्न — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit लग्न (lagna). Cognate with Konkani लग्न (lagna), Marathi लग्न (lagna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

The Sanskrit parent — लग्न (tatsama)

1. lagna mfn. (for 2. See p. 895, col. 2) adhered, adhering or clinging to, attached to, sticking or remaining in, fixed on, intent on, clasping, touching, following closely (with gen. or ifc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with pṛṣṭhe, pṛṣṭha-tas; or pṛṣṭha ibc., following on a person's heels; with mārge, sticking to i.e. following the road; with hṛdaye, one who has penetrated the heart)

one who has entered on a course of action, one who has begun to (inf.), Pañcat.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

the point or arc of the equator which corresponds to a given point or arc of the ecliptic

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Monier-Williams (1899) · लग्न

1. lagna mfn. (for 2. See p. 895, col. 2) adhered, adhering or clinging to, attached to, sticking or remaining in, fixed on, intent on, clasping, touching, following closely (with gen. or ifc.), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with pṛṣṭhe, pṛṣṭha-tas; or pṛṣṭha ibc., following on a person's heels; with mārge, sticking to i.e. following the road; with hṛdaye, one who has penetrated the heart)

Monier-Williams (1899) · लग्न

one who has entered on a course of action, one who has begun to (inf.), Pañcat.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लग्न

meeting, intersecting, cutting (said of lines), Gol.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लग्न

immediately ensuing, Pañcat.

Monier-Williams (1899) · लग्न

passed (as days), Vet.

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