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Sahana
सहाना
patience, endurance; also a raga name
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Sahana is connected with Sanskrit sahana, whose documented meanings include patience, endurance and forbearance. Monier-Williams also records the feminine sahanā. The name spelling सहाना differs in the length of its middle vowel, so it should not be treated as identical to that feminine form. Sahana is also associated with a raga, but the cited lexical sources do not document that musical connection. The patience meaning is the supported starting point, with the spelling relationship still needing care.
Source: Wiktionary, सहन. How we use sources.
Spelling and pronunciation
सहना, the feminine form sahanā, is read sa-ha-naa. The name spelling सहाना instead suggests sa-haa-naa, with a long middle vowel as well. Sahaana makes that longer middle sound visible. In either reading, the h is sounded between the vowels.
Also spelled Sahaana.