aBiDAnaM 1 Telling, mentioning, speaking, naming, denotation; ( pb ) etAvatAmarTAnAmidamaBiDAnaM Nir. ; goSabdasyaM vAhikArTABiDAnaM S. D. 2 (In gram. ) Asserting or predicating something of another, as the subject of an assertion, (which then can be put in the nom. case only); predication, assertion; See P. II. 3. 2 Sk. 3 A name, appellation, title, designation; aBiDAnaM tu paScAttasyAhamaSrOzaM K. 32 ; tavABiDAnAd vyaTate natAnanaH Ki. 1. 24 ; (at the end of comp. ) called, named; fRABiDAnAd baMDanAt R. 3. 20. 4 An expression, word. 5 Speech, discourse. 6 A dictionary, vocabulary (of words), lexicon (in these last 4 senses said to be also m. ) Comp. — ciMtAmaRiH N. of a celebrated vocabulary of synonyms by Hemacandra. — mAlA a dictionary. — ratnamAlA N. of a vocabulary of words by Halāyudha.