abhidhānaṃ1 Telling, mentioning, speaking, naming, denotation; (pb) etāvatāmarthānāmidamabhidhānaṃ Nir.; gośabdasyaṃvāhikārthābhidhānaṃ S. D. 2 (In gram.) Asserting or predicating something of another, as the subject of an assertion, (which then can be put in the nom. case only); predication, assertion; See P. II. 3. 2 Sk. 3 A name, appellation, title, designation; abhidhānaṃ tu paścāttasyāhamaśrauṣaṃ K. 32; tavābhidhānād vyathate natānanaḥ Ki. 1. 24; (at the end of comp.) called, named; ṛṇābhidhānād baṃdhanāt R. 3. 20. 4 An expression, word. 5 Speech, discourse. 6 A dictionary, vocabulary (of words), lexicon (in these last 4 senses said to be also m.) Comp.—ciṃtāmaṇiḥ N. of a celebrated vocabulary of synonyms by Hemacandra. —mālā a dictionary. —ratnamālā N. of a vocabulary of words by Halāyudha.