An outer door or gateway; गणो नृपाणामथ तोरणाद् बहिः Śi.12.1; दूराल्लक्ष्यं सुरपतिधनुश्चारुणा तोरणेन Me.77 (v.l).
Any temporary and ornamental arch, भासोज्ज्वलत्काञ्चनतोरणानां स्थानान्तरं स्वर्ग इवाबभासे Ku. 7.3; R.1.41;7.4;11.5.
An elevated place near a bathing-place.
A triangle supporting a large balance.
Derived forms and compounds
-णम् The neck, throat.
-णःName of Śiva.
Source: Apte
Monier-Williams
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
तोरणtoraṇan. (g. अर्धर्चदि) an arch, arched doorway, portal, festooned decorations over doorways (with boughs of trees…
neuter gender (gaRaअर्धर्चदि) an arch, arched doorway, portal, festooned decorations over doorways (with boughs of trees, garlands, etc.) MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).)
neuter gender a mound near a bathing-place W.
neuter gender a triangle supporting a large balance
masculine gender S3iva शिव, xiii, 1232
neuter gender the neck Lexicographers
neuter genderconfer, compareउत्-, कपाट-, कौतुक- .
Source: Monier-Williams
Macdonell
A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
तोरणtoraṇa[torana] n. arched portal, triumphal arch: -mâna, m. N.