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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. घनghanaa.Compact, firm, hard, solid; संजातश्च घनाघनः Māl.9.39.; नासा घनास्थिका Y.3.89; R.11.18.

    [इन् मूर्तौ अप् घनादेशश्च Tv.]

    1. Compact, firm, hard, solid; संजातश्च घनाघनः Māl.9.39.; नासा घनास्थिका Y.3.89; R.11.18.
    2. Thick, close, dense; घनविरलभावः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.27; R.8.91; Amaru.59.
    3. Thick-set, full, fully developed (as breasts); घटयति सुघने कुचयुगगगने मृगमदरुचि रूषिते Gīt.7; अगुरु-चतुष्कं भवति गुरू द्वौ घनकुचयुग्मे शशिवदनाऽसौ Śrut.8; Bh.1.8; Amaru.31.
    4. Deep (as sound); दधानः सौधानामलघुषु निकुञ्जेषु घनताम् Māl.2.12; Mu.1.21.
    5. Uninterrupted, permanent.
    6. Impenetrable.
    7. Great, excessive, violent.
    8. Complete; अभ्यङ्गभङ्ग्या पापस्य न्यस्तं घनमपश्यतः Ks.4.53.
    9. Auspicious, fortunate.
    10. Coarse, gross.
    11. Engrossed by, full or replete with; मा ते मलीमसविकारघना मतिर्भूत् Māl.1.32; निर्वृतिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.11.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -नः

      1. A cloud; घनोदयः प्राक् तदनन्तरं पयः Ś.7.3; घनरुचिरकलापो निःसपत्नोऽस्य जातः V.4.22.
      2. An iron club, a mace; प्रतिजघान घनैरिव मुष्टिभिः Ki.18.1.
      3. The body.
      4. The cube of a number (in math.).
      5. Extension, diffusion.
      6. A collection, multitude, quantity, mass, assemblage.
      7. Talc.
      8. Phlegm.
      9. Any compact mass or substance.
      10. Hardness, firmness.
      11. A particular manner of reciting Vedic texts: thus the padas नमः रुद्रेभ्यः ये repeated in this manner would stand thus: नमो रुद्रेभ्यो रुद्रेभ्यो नमो नमो रुद्रेभ्यो ये ये रुद्रेभ्यो नमो नमो रुद्रेभ्यो ये.

    • -नम्

      1. A cymbal, a bell, a gong.
      2. Iron.
      3. Tin.
      4. Skin, rind, bark.
      5. A mode of dancing; (neither quick nor slow). Indeclinable closely; घटयति घनं कण्ठा- श्लेषे रसान्न पयोधरौ Ratn.3.9. -Commentary

    • -अत्ययः, -अन्तः 'disappearance of the cloud', the season succeeding the rains, autumn (शरद्); घनव्यपायेन गभस्तिमानिव R.3.37.

    • -अज्ञानी Name of Durgā.

    • -अम्बु Neuter rain; घनाम्बुभिर्भूरि विलम्बिनो घनाः Subhās.

    • -आकरः the rainy season.

    • -आगमः, -उदयः 'the approach of clouds', the rainy season; घनागमः कामिजनप्रियः प्रिये Ṛs.2.1.

    • -आमयः the date-tree.

    • -आश्रयः the atmosphere, firmament.

    • -उत्तमः the face.

    • -उदधिः a particular sea (hell ?).

    • -उपलः hail.

    • -ऊरू a woman having thick thighs; कुरु घनोरु पदानि शनैः शनैः Ve.2.2.

    • -ओघः gathering of clouds.

    • -कफः hail.

    • -कालः the rainy season.

    • -क्षम Adjective what may be hammered; Bhāvapr. 5.26.53.

    • -गर्जितम्

      1. thunder, peal or thundering noise of clouds, roar of thunder.
      2. a deep loud roar.

    • -गोलकः alloy of gold and silver.

    • -घनः the cube of a cube.

    • -जम्बाल thick mire.

    • -ज्वाला lightning.

    • -तालः a kind of bird (सारंग).

    • -तोलः the Chātaka bird.

    • -धातुः lymph.

    • -ध्वनि

      1. Adjective roaring.
      2. (निः) a deep or low tone.
      3. the muttering of thunder clouds; अनुहुंकुरुते घनध्वनिं न हि गोमायुरुतानि केशरी Śi.16.25.

    • -नाभिः smoke (being supposed to be a principal ingredient in clouds; Me.5).

    • -नीहारः thick hoar-frost or mist.

    • -पदम् the cube root.

    • -पदवी 'the path of clouds', firmament, sky; क्रामद्भिर्घनपदवीमनेकसंख्यैः Ki.5.34.

    • -पाषण्डः a peacock.

    • -फलम् (in geom.) the solid or cubical contents of a body or of an excavation.

    • -मानम् the measurement by the exterior of a structure; Māna. 39-64.

    • -मूलम् cube root (in math.)

    • -रसः

      1. thick juice.
      2. extract, decoction.
      3. camphor.
      4. water (Masculine orn.).

    • -रूपा candied sugar.

    • -वरम् the face.

    • -वर्गः the square of a cube, the sixth power (in math).

    • -वर्त्मन् Neuter the sky; घनवर्त्म सहस्रधेव कुर्वन् Ki.5.17.

    • -वल्लिका, -वल्ली lightning.

    • -वाच् a raven.

    • -वातः

      1. a thick oppressive breeze or air.
      2. Name of a hell; Jaina.

    • -वीथिः the sky; घनवीथिवीथिमवतीर्णवतः Śi.9.32.

    • -शब्दः thunder, peal of thunder.

    • -वासः

      1. a kind of pumpkin gourd. वाहनः Śiva.
      2. Indra.

    • -श्याम Adjective 'dark like a cloud', deep-black, dark. (-मः) an epithet (1) of Rain (2) of Kṛiṣṇa.

    • -संवृत्तिः profound secrecy.

    • -समयः the rainy season.

    • -सारः

      1. camphor; घनसारनीहारहार etc. Dk.1 (mentioned among white substances).
      2. mercury.
      3. water.
      4. a big cloud; घनसारस्तु कर्पूरे महामेघे च चन्दने Nm.

    • -स्वनः, -शब्दः, -रवः the roaring of clouds.

    • -हस्तसंख्या the contents of an excavation or of a solid in math.).

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  2. अघनaghanaa.Not solid, a hollow moulding; घनं वाप्यघनं वापि कुर्यात्तु शिल्पवित्तमः Māna.62.17.

    Not solid, a hollow moulding; घनं वाप्यघनं वापि कुर्यात्तु शिल्पवित्तमः Māna.62.17.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -मानम् Measurement by the interior of a structure; एवं तद् घनमानमुक्तमघनमानं वक्ष्यतेऽधुना Māna;33.331-35.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. घनghana[ghan-á] a. striking; slaying; firm, hard; dense, solid, thick; uninterrupted; dark, murky; deep (tone)…

    [ghan-á] adjective striking; slaying; firm, hard; dense, solid, thick; uninterrupted; dark, murky; deep (tone); whole; --˚, full of: -m, adverb, -ial, -ially closely, firmly; masculine slaying; slayer; club, hammer; lump, solid mass; --˚, nothing but, pure (cognition); cloud: plural rabble.

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  2. अजघन्यajaghanya[a-gaghanya] a. not the last; not the worst, i. e. the most excellent.

    [a-gaghanya] adjective not the last; not the worst, i. e. the most excellent.

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  3. अतिघनatighana[ati-ghana] a. very dense.

    [ati-ghana] adjective very dense.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. घनghanamf(/आ)n. (√हन्) a striker, killer, destroyer RV. i, 4, 8; iii, 49, 1; iv, 38, 1; viii, 96, 18
    1. mf(/आ)neuter gender (√हन्) a striker, killer, destroyer fg-veda i, 4, 8; iii, 49, 1; iv, 38, 1; viii, 96, 18
    2. mf(/आ)neuter gender compact, solid, material, hard, firm, dense, i, 8, 3 (घन्/आ for that the rest of a word is to be suppliedन्/अम् /आ) Sus3r. etc.
    3. mf(/आ)neuter gender coarse, gross
    4. mf(/आ)neuter gender viscid, thick, inspissated Sus3r. Bhartr2. Katha1s. xxiv, 93
    5. mf(/आ)neuter gender full of (in compound), densely filled with (in compound) MBh. i, xiii Ragh. viii, 90 Ratna7v. iv, 2
    6. mf(/आ)neuter gender uninterrupted Pan5cat. iii, 14, 11
    7. mf(/आ)neuter gender dark (confer, compare -श्याम) BhP. iv, 5, 3
    8. mf(/आ)neuter gender deep (as sound; colour) MBh. i, 6680 VarBr2S. xliii, 19
    9. mf(/आ)neuter gender complete, all Katha1s. iv, 53
    10. mf(/आ)neuter gender auspicious, fortunate W.
    11. masculine gender (Equivalent to φόνος) slaying fg-veda vi, 26, 8
    12. masculine gender an iron club, mace, weapon shaped like a hammer i, 33, 4; 36, 16; 63, 5; ix, 97, 16 AV. x, 4, 9
    13. masculine gender any compact mass or substance (generally in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') S3Br. xiv etc. (said of the foetus in the 2nd month Nir. xiv, 6 Laghuj. iii, 4)
    14. masculine gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' mere, nothing but (exempli gratia, 'for example' विज्ञान-घन्/अ, "nothing but intuition" S3Br. xiv) Ma1n2d2Up. 5 Pras3nUp. v, 5 BhP. viii feminine (confer, compare अम्बु-, अयो-)
    15. masculine gender a collection, multitude, mass, quantity W.
    16. masculine gender vulgar people Subh.
    17. masculine gender a cloud MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). Hariv. 2660)
    18. masculine gender talc Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender the bulbous root of Cyperus Hexastachys communis Sus3r. vi
    20. masculine gender a peculiar form of a temple Hcat. ii, 1, 389
    21. masculine gender a particular method of reciting the fg-veda and Yajur-veda यजुर्-वेद (confer, compare RTL. page and participle409)
    22. masculine gender the cube (of a number), solid body (in geometry) Laghuj. Su1ryas.
    23. masculine gender phlegm (कफ) Lexicographers
    24. masculine gender the body Lexicographers
    25. masculine gender extension, diffusion W.
    26. neuter gender any brazen or metallic instrument or plate which is struck (cymbal, bell, gong, etc.) Hariv. 8688
    27. neuter gender iron Lexicographers
    28. neuter gender tin Lexicographers
    29. neuter gender a mode of dancing (neither quick nor slow) Lexicographers
    30. neuter gender darkness Lexicographers
    31. neuter gender (√ध्वन्, to sound) deep Ra1jat. v, 377
    32. neuter gender very much W.
    33. neuter gender Glycine debilis Lexicographers
    34. neuter gender a kind of creeper Lexicographers
    35. (in compound)
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  2. अघनaghanamfn. not dense or solid.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not dense or solid.

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  3. अघनासकaghanāsakamfn. sin destroying, expiatory
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective sin destroying, expiatory
    2. masculine gender "an expiator", Name of Vishn2u विष्णु .
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  4. अजघन्यajaghanyamfn. not last
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not last
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not least.
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  5. अतिलङ्घनatilaṅghanan. excessive fasting Sus3r.

    neuter gender excessive fasting Sus3r.

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