vā́ṇī f. sound, voice, music (pl. a choir of musicians or singers), [RV.] (the sapta vāṇīs are referred by the Comms. to the seven metres or to the seven notes of the gamut &c.)
speech, language, words, diction, (esp.) eloquent speech or fine diction, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a literary production or composition, [Uttarar.]; [Bhām.]
praise, laudation, [MW.]
the goddess of speech, Sarasvatī, [R.]; [BrahmaP.]
N. of a metre consisting only of long syllables, [Kāvyād.], Sch.
of a river (accord. to some the Sarasvatī), [VP.]
f. (cf. vāṇi) weaving, [L.]
f. reed, [RV. v, 86, 1]
du. the two bars of a car or carriage, [ib.] [i, 119, 5.]