DvaniH [ Dvan-in ] 1 Sound, echo, noise in general; mfdaMgaDIraDvanimanvagacCat R. 16. 13 ; 2. 72 ; 4. 72 ; U. 6. 17. 2 Tune, note, tone; Śi. 6. 48. 3 The sound of a musical instrument; R. 9. 71. 4 The roar or thunder of a cloud. 5 A mere empty sound. 6 -word. 7 Hint, implied meaning. 8 (In Rhet. ) The first and best of the three main divisions of kAvya or poetry, in which the implied or suggested sense of a passage is more striking than the expressed sense; or where the expressed sense is made subordinate to the suggested sense; idamuttamamatiSayini vyaMge vAcyAdDvanirbuDEH kaTitaH K. P. 1 ( R. G. gives 5 kinds of DvaniH see under Dvani ). Comp. — grahaH 1 the ear. 2 hearing. 3 a fife, pipe. — vikAraH a change of voice caused by fear, grief &c.; see kAku .