Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Kāhna (काह्न) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—kāhna, son of Jānārdani Vatsarāja, father of Mādhava (Siddhāntaratnāvalī on Sārasvatī Prakriyā). Io. 1959.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kahna in Hindi refers in English to:—(v) to say, to state, to tell, to utter; (nm) saying, utterance, order; advice; [kahate na banana] to be beyond description, not to be able to narrate/describe; —[kucha karana kucha] double dealing; —[sunana] persuasion, inducement; wrangling; [kahane ko] virtually, nominally; [kahane mem ana] to be misled, to be induced; to veer round; [kahane mem hona] to be under (somebody’s) commands, to be under the spell (of); —[kahane se kumhara/dhobi gadhe para nahim cadhata] you can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink; [kahabadakara] with explicit resolution, challengingly; [kahem kheta ki, sunem khalihana ki] to talk of chalk and to hear of cheese..—kahna (कहना) is alternatively transliterated as Kahanā.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kahinanni, Kahna bhatta, Kahna kavishvara, Kahnaji, Kahnaprabhu.

Ends with: Arkahna, Ekahna.

Full-text: Samvitprakasha, Kahna kavishvara, Kamha, Kahna bhatta, Vatsaraja, Kahana, Madhava bhatta, Govinda.

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