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gahanena

gahana

masc instr sg of gahana (adj); nt instr sg of gahana (adj); nt instr sg of gahana (noun)

1. thick; dense; lit. grasping
2. tangle; thicket; impenetrable jungle; dense forest; lit. grasping
3. complicated mess; intricate tangle; impenetrable complexity; lit. grasping

Etymology. √gah + ana; from √gah 'grasp'; Sanskrit gahana [grah]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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