घटन [ ghaṭana ] [ ghaṭana ] n. (= [ °ṭā ] Lit. L.) connection or union with (instr. or in comp.) Lit. Vikr. ii , 15 (v.l.) Lit. Kathās. xxiv , 231

  [ ghaṭanā ] f. exertion , motion , acting , manner of acting Lit. VarBṛS. l , 1 Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Kathās. cxxii , 33

  striving after , being occupied or busy with (loc. or in comp.) , Lit. Śāntiś. ii , 20 (= Lit. Nāg. iv , 2) Lit. Sāh. iv , 14/v ( [ iṣu- ] , " shooting an arrow " )

  taking effect , answering , accomplishment , ( [ °nāṃ-√ yā ] , " to take effect , succeed " Lit. Rājat. iv , 365 ; [ °nāṃ-√ nī ] , to effect , accomplish Lit. Siṃhâs.)

  connection , union with ( in comp.) Lit. Sāh. iii , 226/227

  (= [ °ṭa ] ) a troop (of elephants) Lit. L.

  a literary composition , Lit. viii , 7

  a work consisting of ( in comp.) Lit. Vcar. vi , 33

  [ ghaṭana ] n. f. procuring , finding Lit. Kathās. cxviii , 197

  making , effecting , forming , fashioning , bringing about Lit. Dhūrtas. i , 7 Lit. Kathās. cxxiii , 140 Lit. HYog. iii , 102.

  m. an actor, Lit. L.

  a wicked or shameless person, Lit. L.