SabdaH [ Sabd-GaY ] 1 Sound (the object of the sense of hearing and property of AkASa ); aTAtmanaH SabdaguRaM guRajaH padaM vimAnena vigAhamAnaH R. 13. 1. 2 Sound, note (of birds; men &c.), noise in general; viSvAsopagamAdaBinnagatayaH SabdaM sahaMte mfgAH Ś. 1. 14 ; Bg. 1. 13 ; Ś. 3. 1 ; Ms. 4. 31 ; Ku. 1. 45. 3 The sound of a musical instrument; vAdyaSabdaH Pt. 2 ; Ku. 1. 45. 4 A word, sound, significant word (for def. &c. see Mbh. introduction); ekaH SabdaH samyagaDItaH samyak prayuktaH svarge loke kAmaDugBavati ; so SabdArTO . 5 A declinable word, a noun, substantive. 6 A title, an epithet; yasyArTayuktaM girirAjaSabdaM kurvaMti ba lavyajanEScamaryaH Ku. 1. 13 ; Ś. 2. 14 ; nfpeRa cakre yuvarAjaSabdaBAk R. 3. 35 , 2. 53 , 64 , 3. 49 , 5. 22 ; 18. 42 ; V. 1. 1. 7 The name, mere-name; as in Sabdapati q. v. 8 Verbal ( pb ) authority (regarded by the Naiyāyikas as a Pramāṇa). 9 Grammar. Comp. — atIta a. beyond the power or reach of words, indescribable. — aDizWAnaM the ear. — aDyAhAraH supplying a word (to complete an ellipsis). — anurUpa a. proportionate or corresponding to the sound; SabadAnurUpeRa pAkrameRa BavitavyaM Pt. 1. — anuSAsanaM the science of words; i. e. grammar. — arTaH the meaning of a word. ( — rTO dual) a word and its meaning; adozO SabdArTO K. P. 1. — alaMkAraH a figure of speech depending for its charmingness on sound or words and disappearing as soon as the words which constitute the figure are replaced by others of the same meaning ( opp. arTAlaMkAra ); e. g. see K. P. 9 — AKayaya a. to be communicated in words; Me. 103. — (yaM) an oral or verbal communication. — AqabaraH bombast, verbosity, high-sounding or grandiloquent words. — Adi a. beginning with Sabda (as the objects of sense); R. 10. 25. — kAra a. sounding sonorous. — koSaH a lexicon, dictionary. — gata a. inherent or residing in a word. — guRa a. having sound for its quality; R. 13. 1. — grahaH 1 catching the sound. 2 the ear. — grAmaH the range or reach of sound. — cAturyaM cleverness of style, eloquence. — citraM one of the two subdivisions of the last ( avara or aDama ) class of poetry (wherein the charm lies in the use of words which please the ear simply by their sound; see the example given under the word citra ). — coraH 'a word-thief,’ a plagiarist. — tanmAtraM the subtle element of sound. — patiH a lord in name only, nominal lord; nanu SabdapatiH kziterahaM tvAyi me BAvanibaMDanA ratiH R. 8. 52. — pAtin a. hitting an invisible mark the sound of which is only heard, tracing a sound; SabdapAtinamizuM visasarja R. 9. 73. — pramARaM verbal or oral evidence. — boDaH knowledge derived from verbal testimony. — brahman n. 1 the Vedas. 2 spiritual knowledge consisting in words, knowledge of the Supreme Spirit or the Spirit itself; SabdabrahmaRastAdfSaM vivartamitihAsaM U. 2 , 7. 20. 3 a property of words called sPowa q. v. ( pb ) — Bedin a. hitting a mark merely by its sound. ( — m. ) 1 an epithet of Arjuna. 2 the anus. 3 a kind of arrow. — yomiH f. a root, radical word. — vidyA, SAstraM the science of words; i. e. grammar; anaMtapAraM kila SabdaSAstraM Pt. 1 ; Śi. 2. 112 ; 14. 24. — viroDaH opposition of words (in a sentence). — viSezaH a variety of sound. — viSezaRaM (in gram. ) an adjective, adjectival word. — vfttiH f. the function of a word (in Rhet. ). — veDin a. hitting an invisible mark the sound of which is only heard; see SabdapAtin . ( — m. ) 1 a kind of arrow. 2 an archer. 3 a warrior who pierces his enemies by mere sounds. 4 an epithet of king Daśaratha. 5 an epithet of Arjuna. — SaktiH f. the force or expressive power of a word; signification of a word; see Sakti . — SAsanaM 1 a rule of grammar. 2 the science of grammar. — SudDiH f. 1 purity of words. 2 the correct use of words. — SlezaH a play or pun upon words, a verbal equivoque; (it differs from arTaSleza in-as-much as the pun disappears as soon as the words which constitute it are replaced by others of the same signification, whereas in arTaSlaza the pun remains unchanged; Sabdapari vfttisahatvamarTaSrlezaH ) — saMgrahaH a vocabulary, lexicon. — sOzWavaM elegance of words, a graceful or elegant style. — sOkaryaM ease of expression.