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.