gahanaṁ

1. adj. deep, thick, impervious, only in a˚ clear, unobstructed, free from obstacles Vv.18#7 (akanataka +); Mil.160 (gahanaṃ a kataṃ the thicket is cleared).
2. nt. an impenetrable place, a thicket jungle, tangle
   1. 18 gahanāni at Ja.v.46; usually appl. to grass: tiṇa˚ AN.i.153 = AN.iii.128 (+ rukkha˚); Mil.369; adj. tiṇagahanā obstructed with grass (of vihārā) Vin.ii.138
      ■ SN.i.199 (rukkhamūla˚); Ja.i.7, Ja.i.158; Pv-a.5 (pabbata˚), Pv-a.43; Vv-a.230 (vana˚)
   2. fig. imperviousness, entanglement, obstruction appl. to diṭṭhi, the jungle of wrong views or heresy (usually combined w. diṭṭhi-kantāra, the wilderness of d., see diṭṭhi) MN.i.8, MN.i.485; Pp.22; DN-a.i.108. Of rāga˚, moha˚, etc., and kilesa˚ Cnd.630 (in expl. of Satthā; rāgagahanaṃ tāreti); Dhp-a.iv.156 (on Dhp.394) Vv-a.96
      ■ manussa˚ MN.i.340.

• -ṭṭhāna a lair in the jungle Ja.i.150, Ja.i.253.

Sk. gahana, cp. also ghana

adjective seizing, taking; acquiring; (n.) seizure, grasp, hold, acquisition Vism.114 (in detail) usually -˚: nāma˚-divase on the day on which a child gets its name (lit. acquiring a name) Ja.i.199, Ja.i.262 arahatta˚ Dhp-a.i.8; dussa˚ Dhp-a.ii.87; maccha˚ Ja.iv.139; hattha˚ Ja.i.294; byanjana˚-lakkhaṇa Ne.27 gahaṇatthāya in order to get… Ja.i.279; Ja.ii.352. amhākaṃ g˚ sugahaṇaṃ we have a tight grip Ja.i.222, Ja.i.223.

fr. gaṇhāti

neuter submersion, see avagahana, avagāhati & avagāhana.

fr. last