&c. See p. 936, col. 2.
n. (ifc. f(A). ) speech, saying, assertion, statement, command, words (mama vākyāt, in my words, in my name), [MBh.] &c. &c.
a declaration (in law), legal evidence, [Mn.]
an express declaration or statement (opp. to liṅga, ‘a hint’ or indication), [Sarvad.]
betrothment, [Nār.]
a sentence, period, [RāmatUp.]; [Pāṇ.], Vārtt. &c.
a mode of expression, [Cat.]
a periphrastic mode of expression, [Pāṇ.], Sch.; [Siddh.]
a rule, precept, aphorism, [MW.]
a disputation, [MBh.]
(in logic) an argument, syllogism or member of a syllogism
the singing of birds, [Hariv.]
(in astron.) the solar process in computations, [MW.]