śabda (m)
Meanings
- (in gram.) a declinable word or a word-termination
- a name
- a sound
- a technical term
- a word
- affix
- appellation
- correct expression (opp. to apa-śabda)
- language
- noise
- note
- oral tradition
- speech
- the right word
- the sacred syllable Om
- title
- tone
- verbal authority or evidence (as one of the Pramāṇas)
- verbal communication or testimony
- voice
= śabdavedha
