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    See also adhivacana, adhivacanam.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 49, col. 3.
    adhivacanaṃ

    1 Advocacy, speaking in favour of (pakṣapātena kathanaṃ vacanaṃ.).

    2 A name, epithet, appellation.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 38.
    adhivacanaṃ , klī, (adhi + vac + lyuṭ . pakṣapātena
    kathanaṃ . “adhikaṃ vacanaṃ pakṣapātena vacanaṃ” iti
    mādhavācāryyaḥ .) nāma . saṃjñā . iti trikāṇḍa-
    śeṣaḥ ..