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vāṇī

(ī), f. See below

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.]