ghānaṁ

1. (adj.) solid, compact, massive; dense, thick; in eka˚ of one solid mass (of sela, rock) Vin.i.185 = Dhp.81 = Thag.643; Mil.386; AN.iii.378, cp. ghanasela-pabbata Dhp-a.i.74-gh. paṃsu Ja.i.264, paṭhavī (solid ground) Ja.i.74; Pv-a.75; palāsa (foliage) Pv-a.113; buddharasmiyo Ja.i.12; ˚maṃsa solid, pure flesh Dhp-a.i.80; ˚sāṭaka (thick cloth) Ja.i.292; ˚sañchanna (thickly covered Pv-a.258; ˚suvaṇṇakoṭṭima Dhp-a.iv.135; abbha˚ a thick cloud Snp.348 (cp. Snp-a.348)
2. (m.) the foetus at a certain stage (the last before birth the 4^th in the enum. of the foll. stages: kalala, abbuda pesī, gh.) SN.i.206; Ja.iv.496; Mil.40; Vism.236. The latter meaning is semantically to be explained as “swelling” & to be compared with Gr.; βρύω to swell and ε ̔́μβρυον = embryo (the gravid uterus).

Vedic ghana, cp. Gr. εὐχηνής?

neuter the nose; usually in its function as organ of smell = sense of smell (either in phrase ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyati: to smell an odour by means of the nose; or in ghana-viññeyyā gandhā odours which are sensed by the nose). In the enum. of the senses gh. is always mentioned in the 3rd place (after cakkhu & sota, eye & ear); see under rūpa. In this connection: Vin.i.34; DN.i.21, DN.i.245 DN.iii.102, DN.iii.244 sq.; SN.i.115; MN.i.112, MN.i.191; MN.ii.42; Dhp.360 Pp.20; Mil.270; Vism.444 sq. (with defⁿ)
■ In other connections: Pv.ii.2#4 (ghāna-chinna, one whose nose is cut off).

• -āyatana the organ of smell DN.iii.243, DN.iii.280; Dhs.585 Dhs.605, Dhs.608;
• -indriya the sense of smell DN.iii.239; Dhs.585 etc. (as above);
• -dhātu the element of smell Dhs as above;
• -viññāṇa perception of smell Dhs.443, Dhs.608 Dhs.628;
• -samphassa contact with the sense of smell SN.i.115; DN iii. & Dhs as above.

Sk. ghrāṇa to ghrā, see ghāyati. On n for ṇ cp. Trenckner, Notes, p. 81