avacana 1 · avacana 2
Avacana (neuter) [a + vacana] "non-word", i.e. the wrong word or expression Ja I 410.
avacana a. [ na . ba .] Not speaking, silent, speechless; SakuMtalA sADvasAdavacanA tizWati Ś. 1. — naM [ aBAve na . ta .] 1 Absence of assertion, silence, taciturnity; avacane'gnizwomaH Kāty. 2 Censure, blame, reproof; °kara a. not doing what one is bid, disobedient.
(nt, nt, act, from na vacati) not saying; not speaking Construction: na > a + √vac + ana
(adj, adj) speechless; dumbfounded [lit.] not speaking Construction: na > a + vacana