vacanaM [ vac-lyuw ] 1 The act of speaking, uttering, saying. 2 Speech, an utterance, words (spoken), sentence; nanu vaktfviSezaniHspfhA guRagfhyA vacane vipaScitaH Ki. 2. 5 ; prItaH prItipramuKavacanaM svAgataM vyAjahAra Me. 4. 3 Repeating, recitation. 4 A text, dictum, rule, precept, a passage of a sacred book; SAstravacanaM , SrutivacanaM, smftivacanaM &c. 5 An order, a command, direction; madvacanAt ‘in my name,’ ‘by my order.’ 6 Advice, counsel, instruction. 7 Declaration, affirmation. 8 Pronunciation (of a letter) (in gram. ). 9 The signification or meaning of a word; atra payoDaraSabdaH meGavacanaH . 10 Number (in gram. ); (there are three numbers, singular, dual and plural). 11 Dry ginger. Comp. — upakramaH introduction, exordium. — kara a. obedient, doing what is ordered. — (raH) the author or enunciator of a rule or precept. — kArin a. obeying orders, obedient. — kramaH discourse. — grAhin a. obedient, compliant, submissive. — pawu a. eloquent. — mAtraM mere words, unsupported assertion. — viroDaH inconsistency of precepts, contradiction or incongruity of texts. — SataM a hundred speeches, i. e. repeated declaration, reiterated assertion. — sahAyaH a companion in conversation. — sTita a. ( vacanesTita also) obedient, compliant.