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pravacana

pra-vacana m. one who exposes, propounds, [BhP.]

pra-vacana n. speaking, talking, [Pañcat.]

recitation, oral instruction, teaching, expounding, exposition, interpretation (cf. sāṃkhya-pravacana-bhāṣya), [ŚBr.]; [Up.]; [PārGṛ.]; [RPrāt.] &c.

announcement, proclamation, [Lāṭy.]

excellent speech or language, eloquence, [W.]

an expression, term, [Nir.]

a system of doctrines propounded in a treatise or dissertation

sacred writings (esp. the Brāhmaṇas or the Vedāṅgas), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (cf. [IW. 145])

the sacred writings of Buddhists (ninefold), [Dharmas. 62]

the sacred writings of the Jainas, [Hemac.], Sch.

(am, enclitic after a finite verb g. gotrādi)