BAzA [ BAs-a ] 1 Speech, talk; as in cAruBAzaH . 2 Language, tongue; Ms. 8. 164. 3 A common or vernacular dialect; ( a ) the spoken Sanskrit language (opp CaMdas or veda ); viBAzA BAzAyAM P. VI. 1. 181 ; ( b ) any Prākṛta dialect ( opp. saMskfta ); Ms. 9. 332. 4 Definition, description; sTitaprajYasya kA BAzA Bg. 2. 54. 5 An epithet of Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech. 6 (In law) The first of the four stages of a law-suit; the plaint, charge or accusation. Comp. — aMtaraM 1 another dialect or language. 2 translation (?). — pAdaH a charge, plaint; see BAzAM (6) above. — samaH a figure of speech, which consists in so arranging the words of a sentence that it may be considered and read either as Sanskrit or Prākṛta (one or more of its varieties); e. g. maMjulamaRimaMjIre kalagaMBIre vihArasarasItIre . virasAsi kelikIre kimAli DIre ca gaMDasArasamIre .. S. D. 642 ( eza SlokaH saMskftaprAkftaSOrasenIprAcyAvaMtInAgarApaBraMSezvekaviDa eva ); kiM tvAM BaRAmi vicCedadAruRAyAsakAriRi . kAmaM kuru varArohe dehi me pariraMBaRaM Māl. 6. 11 (which is in Sanskrit or Śaurasenī); so 6. 10 .