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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry गहन

  1. गहनgahanaAn abyss, depth; अम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् Rv.1.129.1.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नम्

      1. An abyss, depth; अम्भः किमासीद्गहनं गभीरम् Rv.1.129.1.
      2. A wood, thicket, deep or impenetrable forest; यदनुगमनाय निशि गहनमपि शीलितम् Gīt.7; Bv.1.25.
      3. A hiding-place.
      4. A cave.
      5. Pain, distress.
      6. An ornament.
      7. Water.
      8. An inaccessible place; धिष्ण्यानामस्म्यहं मेरुर्गहनानां हिमालयः Bhāg.11.16.21.

    • -नः The Supreme Being.

    • गहन gahana, Adjective

      1. Deep, dense, thick; वनान्निष्क्रम्य गहनाद्बहवः कुरुसैनिकाः Mb.4.67.2.
      2. Impervious, impenetrable, impassable, inaccessible.
      3. Hard to be understood, inexplicable, mysterious; सेवाधर्मः परमगहनो योगिनामप्यगम्यः Pt.1.11,285; Bh.2.58; गहना कर्मणो गतिः Bg.4.17; Śānti.1.8.
      4. Grave, dignified; भूम्ना रसानां गहनाः प्रयोगाः Māl.1.4.
      5. Impassioned, replete with love, strong; क्व च नु गहनाः कौतुकरसाः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.33.
      6. Hard, difficult, causing pain or trouble; गहनसंसारः Śānti.3.15; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.6. (Vartious reading).
      7. Deepened, intensified; महामोहगहनः (विकारः) Māl.1.3.

    In the Gita4·17

    अकर्मणश्च बोद्धव्यं गहना कर्मणो गतिः ॥

    akarmaṇaśca boddhavyaṁ gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ. — One has to understand about action as well as to understand about wrong action and about inaction one has to understand; thick and tangled is the way… 4·17
    • गहनाgahanānominative singular of the feminine form of the adjective gahana (thick and tangled).
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Headwords under ग

Part 2 of 6 गय – गाणपत्यAll parts
  1. ग – गम्य
  2. गय – गाणपत्य
  3. गाणिक्यम् – गुडाका
  4. गुडाकेश – गृहम्
  5. गृहयाय्य – ग्रन्थीकम्
  6. ग्रस् – ग्लौतृ