A Sanskrit word that refers to the fourth week of embryonic development, the solid flesh.
ghana : [adj.] thick; solid; dense; compact. (nt.), a club; a hammer; a musical instrument played by striking. (m.), a cloud.
Ghana1 [Vedic ghana, cp. Gr. eu)qhnh/s?] (a) (adj.) solid, compact, massive; dense, thick; in eka˚ of one solid mass (of sela, rock) Vin i.185=Dh 81=Th 1, 643= Miln 386; A iii.378, cp. ghanasela -- pabbata DhA i.74. -- gh. paŋsu J i.264, paṭhavī (solid ground) J i.74; PvA 75; palāsa (foliage) PvA 113; buddharasmiyo J i.12; ˚maŋsa solid, pure flesh DhA i.80; ˚sāṭaka (thick cloth) J i.292; ˚sañchanna (thickly covered) PvA 258; ˚suvaṇṇakoṭṭima DhA iv.135; abbha˚ a thick cloud Sn 348 (cp. SnA 348). -- (b) (m.) the foetus at a certain stage (the last before birth & the 4th in the enum. of the foll. stages: kalala, abbuda, pesī, gh.) S i.206; J iv.496; Miln 40; Vism 236. The latter meaning is semantically to be explained as "swelling" & to be compared with Gr. bru/w to swell and e(/mbruon=embryo (the gravid uterus).
Ghana2 [Vedic ghana to hanti (ghanti, cp. ghātayati), *gṷhen "strike," cp. Gr. qei/nw, fo/nos, Lat. of -- fendo, Ags. gud, Ohg. gundea] a club, a stick, a hammer; in ayo˚ an iron club VvA 20. Also coll. term for a musical instrument played by striking, as cymbal, tambourine, etc. VvA 37.