घन [ ghana ] [ ghaná ] m. f. n. (√ [ han ] ) a striker , killer , destroyer Lit. RV. i , 4 , 8 ; iii , 49 , 1 ; iv , 38 , 1 ; viii , 96 , 18

compact , solid , material , hard , firm , dense , Lit. i , 8 , 3 ( [ ghanā́ ] for [ °nám ā́ ] ) Lit. Suśr.

coarse , gross

viscid , thick , inspissated Lit. Suśr. Lit. Bhartṛ. Lit. Kathās. xxiv , 93

full of ( in comp.) , densely filled with ( in comp.) Lit. MBh. i , xiii Lit. Ragh. viii , 90 Lit. Ratnâv. iv , 2

uninterrupted Lit. Pañcat. iii , 14 , 11

dark ( cf. [ -śyāma ] ) Lit. BhP. iv , 5 , 3

deep (as sound ; colour) Lit. MBh. i , 6680 Lit. VarBṛS. xliii , 19

complete , all Lit. Kathās. iv , 53

auspicious , fortunate Lit. W.

[ ghana ] m. (= 1) slaying Lit. RV. vi , 26 , 8

an iron club , mace , weapon shaped like a hammer Lit. i , 33 , 4 ; 36 , 16 ; 63 , 5 ; ix , 97 , 16 Lit. AV. x , 4 , 9

any compact mass or substance ( generally ifc.) Lit. ŚBr. xiv (said of the foetus in the 2nd month Lit. Nir. xiv , 6 Lit. Laghuj. iii , 4)

ifc. mere , nothing but (e.g. [ vijñāna-ghaná ] , " nothing but intuition " Lit. ŚBr. xiv) Lit. MāṇḍUp. 5 Lit. PraśnUp. v , 5 Lit. BhP. viii f. ( cf. [ ambu- ] , [ ayo- ] )

a collection , multitude , mass , quantity Lit. W.

vulgar people Lit. Subh.

a cloud Lit. MBh. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . Lit. Hariv. 2660)

talc Lit. L.

the bulbous root of Cyperus Hexastachys communis Lit. Suśr. vi

a peculiar form of a temple Lit. Hcat. ii , 1 , 389

a particular method of reciting the Lit. RV. and Yajur-veda ( cf. Lit. RTL. p.409)

the cube (of a number) , solid body (in geom.) Lit. Laghuj. Lit. Sūryas.

phlegm ( [ kapha ] ) Lit. L.

the body Lit. L.

extension , diffusion Lit. W.

n. any brazen or metallic instrument or plate which is struck (cymbal , bell , gong , ) Lit. Hariv. 8688

iron Lit. L.

tin Lit. L.

a mode of dancing (neither quick nor slow) Lit. L.

darkness Lit. L.

[ ghanam ] ind. closely Lit. Ratnâv. iii 9

n. (√ [ dhvan ] , to sound) deep Lit. Rājat. v , 377

very much Lit. W.

[ ghanā ] f. N. of a stringed instrument

[ ghana ] n. Glycine debilis Lit. L.

a kind of creeper Lit. L.