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vacanena

vacana

nt instr sg of vacana (noun)

1. word; utterance; talk; statement; lit. speaking
2. saying; mentioning; expressing (of)
3. term; expression; phrase; lit. speaking
4. (gram) grammatical number; singular or plural; lit. speaking
5. bidding; as one says; lit. speaking

Etymology. √vac + ana; from √vac 'say, speak'; Sanskrit vacana [vac]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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