adjective & neuter · gahana 1 · gahana 2
Gahana [Sanskrit gahana, cf. also ghana] 1. adjective deep, thick, impervious, only in a° clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv 18 7 (akanataka + g.); Miln 160 (gahanaṃ a° kataṃ the thicket is cleared). 2. neuter an impenetrable place, a thicket jungle, tangle. (a) 18 gahanāni at Ja V 46; usually applied to grass: tiṇa° A I 153 = III 128 (+ rukkha°); Miln 369; adjective tiṇagahanā obstructed with grass (of vihārā) Vin II 138; — S I 199 (rukkhamūla°); Ja I 7, 158; Pv-a 5 (pabbata°), 43; Vv-a 230 (vana°). (b) figurative imperviousness, entanglement, obstruction, applied to diṭṭhi, the jungle of wrong views or heresy (usually combined with diṭṭhi-kantāra, the wilderness of d., see diṭṭhi) M I 8, 485; Pp 22; Sv I 108. Of rāga°, moha°, etc., and kilesa° Nidd II §630 (in explanation of Satthā; rāgagahanaṃ tāreti); Dhp-a IV 156 (on Dhp 394); Vv-a 96. — manussa° M I 340. -ṭṭhāna a lair in the jungle Ja I 150, 253.
gahana ( nt. , or adj. ), is sometimes, apparently, involved in word-plays with grahaṇa , q.v. (on the basis of MIndic pronunciation of the latter). In Śikṣ 286.1 (aśaṭhatā śaṭheṣu,) amāyāvitā gahanacariteṣu (this is the clear intention of the ms. , see ed. note, and must be read), kṛtajñatā akṛtajñeṣu, etc. , the Tib. is said to render guilelessness among the guileful , which is supported by the parallel phrases surrounding this. The transl. of Bendall and Rouse renders gahana-carita overreaching ; it seems more likely to mean of obscure, hidden (or perhaps tangled ) conduct , and so tricky . See next (apparently a quite unrelated confusion).
(adjective) deep; dense, thick; a dense of growth; entangled, overgrown, impenetrable; (neuter) a place hard to pass through; a hiding place
【中】 繁茂處，叢林，不能穿過的地方。【形】 厚的，密封的。~ṭṭhāna,【中】 在叢林中不能穿透的地方，密封處。
gahana a. 1 Deep, dense, thick. 2 impervious, impenetrable, impassable, inaccessible. 3 Hard to be understood, inexplicable, mysterious; sevADarmaH paramagahano yoginAmapyagamyaH Pt. 1. 11 , 285 ; Bh. 2. 58 ; gahanA karmaRo gatiH Bg. 4. 17 ; Śānti. 1. 8. 4 Grave, dignified; Māl. 1. 4. 5 Impassioned, replete with love, strong; U. 6. 33. 6 Hard, difficult, causing pain or trouble; gahanasaMsAraH Śānti. 3. 15 ; U. 7. 6. 7 Deepened, intensified; Māl. 1. 30. — naM 1 An abyss, depth. 2 A wood, thicket, deep or impenetrable forest; yadanugamanAya niSi gahanamapi SIlitaM Gīt. 7 ; Bv. 1. 25. 3 A hiding-place. 4 A cave. 5 Pain, distress. 6 An ornament. 7 Water. — naH The Supreme Being.
(adj, adj, from gaṇhāti) thick; dense thick, impervious [lit.] grasping Construction: √gah + ana
(nt, nt, from gaṇhāti) tangle; thicket; impenetrable jungle; dense forest thicket, jungle, impenetrable place [lit.] grasping Construction: √gah + ana
(nt, nt, from gaṇhāti) complicated mess; intricate tangle; impenetrable complexity [lit.] grasping Construction: √gah + ana