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    See also adhivacanam, adhivacanaṃ.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 23.
    adhivacana n. (-naṃ) A name, an appellation.

    E. adhi, and vacana speech.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 19, col. 1.
    adhi-vacana (naṃ) 1. n. A name, or
    appellation, or title.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 57, col. 1.
    adhivacana Tatpur. n. (-nam) I. Advocating, speaking in

    favour of another. E. vac with adhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

    II. A name, an appellation. E. adhi and vacana.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 22, col. 2.
    Adhi-vacana, am, n. advocacy; speaking in favour

    of; an appellation, epithet.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 21, col. 3.
    adhi-vacana n. an appellation, epithet.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 19, col. 2.
    adhivacana

    n. (-naṃ) A name, an appellation.

    E. adhi, and vacana speech.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 18, col. 1.
    adhivacana adhivacana n. (vac) nom, désignation.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 152.
    adhivacana (1. adhi + vacana) n. Beiwort, Name, Benennung TRIK. 1, 1, 117.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 34, col. 3.
    *adhivacana n. Beiwort , Name , Benennung.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 24, col. 3.
    adhivacana n. Beiwort, Name, Benennung, Vajracch. 37, 3 ff.; Mahāvy. 244, 70; Mahāvastu I, 161, 2.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 133, col. 2.
    adhivacana na0 adhi + vacalyuṭ . pakṣapātena kathane .
    adhikavacanaṃ pakṣapātena vacana miti mādhavācāryyaḥ .

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 15, col. 1.
    adhivacana , nt. (= Pali id.), designation, appellation,

    name, term (of, for, gen.): Mvy 6333; Mv i.161.2; tathatā

    tathateti…śūnyatāyā etad adhivacanam Śikṣ 263.1,

    tathatā is a name for nullity; KP 71.9, 10; bhūtatathatāyā

    etad adhivacanam Vaj 37.3; AsP 342.1; kasyaitad adhiva-

    canaṃ yad uta nirvāṇam iti Laṅk 182.9, of what is this a

    designation, viz. the word nirvāṇa?; anāyavyaya ity anut-

    pādasyaitad adhivacanam Laṅk 175.18; katamasyaitad

    dharmasyādhivacanaṃ samādhir iti Samādh p. 13 lines

    19--20, of what matter is this a designation, the word samādhi?