abhidhānam1 Telling, mentioning, speaking, naming, denotation; etāvatāmarthānāmidamabhidhānam Nir.; gośabdasya vāhī- kārthābhidhānam 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 paścāttasyāhamaśrauṣam K.32; tavābhidhānād vyathate natānanaḥ Ki.1.24; (at the end of comp.) called, named; ṛṇābhidhānād bandhanāt R.3.20. -4 An expression, word. -5 Speech, discourse mahattamānāmabhidhānayogaḥ Bhāg.1.18.18. -6 A dictionary, vocabulary (of words), lexicon (in these last 4 senses said to be also m.) -7 A song, ṣaṭpādatantrīmadhurābhidhānam Rām.4.28,36. -Comp. -cintāmaṇiḥ N. of a celebrated vocabulary of synonyms by Hemachandra. -mālā a dictionary. -ratnamālā N. of a vocabulary of words by Halāyudha. -vipratipattiḥ Incongruence of the word and the sense intended to be conveyed thereby; keyamabhidhāna- vipratipattirnāma | yadanyathābhidhānamanyathābhidheyam | ŚB. on MS.9.3.13.