1. Dvan (only aor. a/DvanIt ), to become covered or extinguished (as anger), RV. : Caus. a/DvAnayat or a/Dvanayat aor. DvanayIt , to envelop, wrap up, darken, ib.
2. Dvan cl. 1. P. Dvanati ( perf. daDvAna , daDvanur , Bhaṭṭ. ; fut. Dvanizyati , °nitA Gr. ) to sound, roar, make a noise, echo, reverberate, Kāv. &c.; to mean, imply, ( esp. Pass. Dvanyate , it is meant, it is implied) : Caus. DvAnayati or Dvanayati , Dhātup. ( aor. adiDvanat or adaD° Gr. ), to cause to sound, make resound ( cf. °nayat below); Dvanayati , to allude to, hint at, Mṛcch. Comm. Intens. in danDvana , q.v.
Dvan 1 P. ( Dvanati, Dvanita ) To sound, produce or utter sounds, buzz, hum, echo, reverberate, thunder, roar; biBidyamAnA iva daDvanurdiSaH Ki. 14. 46 ; ayaM DIraM DIraM Dvanati navanIlo jalaDaraH Bv. 1. 60 ; kapirdaDvAna meGavat Bk. 9. 5 ; 14. 3 ; Dvanati maDupasamUhe SravaRamapidaDAti Gīt. 5. — Caus. ( Dvanayati ) To cause to sound, ring (as a bell); but DvAnayati ‘to cause to articulate indistinctly’.