| gahana | गहन | gáhana mf(A)n. (g. kṣubhnādi) deep, dense, thick, impervious, impenetrable, inexplicable, hard to be understood, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. |
| gáhana n. an abyss, depth (‘water’, [Naigh.]; [Nir.]), [RV. x, 129, 1] |
| an inaccessible place, hiding-place, thicket, cave, wood, impenetrable darkness, [i, 132, 6]; [ŚBr. xiv, 7, 2, 17]; [MBh.] &c. |
| pain, distress, [L.] |
| a metre consisting of thirty-two syllables. |
| gahanatva | गहनत्व | gahana—tva n. density, [Sāh. ii, 6/7] (ati-) |
| impenetrability, [MBh. ii, 2355.] |
| gahanavat | गहनवत् | gahana—vat mfn. having hiding-places or thickets, [W.] |