gahana

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. 1 Deep, dense, thick. --2 impervious, impenetrable, impass- able, inaccessible. --3 Hard to be un- derstood, inexplicable, mysterious; sevādharmaḥ paramagahano yogināmapyagamyaḥ Pt. 1. 11, 285; Bh. 2. 58; gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ Bg. 4. 17; Śānti. 1. 8. --4 Grave, dignified; Māl. 1. 4. --5 Impassioned, replete with love, strong; U. 6. 33. --6 Hard, difficult, causing pain or trouble; gahanasaṃsāraḥ Śānti. 3. 15; U....

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a. 1 Deep, dense, thick. --2 impervious, impenetrable, impass- able, inaccessible. --3 Hard to be un- derstood, inexplicable, mysterious; sevādharmaḥ paramagahano...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

ADJ

Total Occurrences

116

Texts Appeared In

28

DCS: name of a hymn

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 46 39.7%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 18 15.5%
3. Kirātārjunīya 7 6.0%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 7 6.0%
5. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 5 4.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: gahanānāṃ

  dhiṣṇyānām asmy ahaṃ merur gahanānāṃ himālayaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: gahanam

  nakṣatratārāgahanaṃ jyotirbhir avabhāsate

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: gahanā

  khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭair gahanā duścarā ca me