अभिधानम् _abhidhānam

अभिधानम् 1 Telling, mentioning, speaking, naming, denotation; एतावतामर्थानामिदमभिधानम् Nir.; गोशब्दस्य वाही- कार्थाभिधानम् S. D.

-2 (In gram.) Asserting or pre- dicating 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; अभिधानं तु पश्चात्तस्याहमश्रौषम् K.32; तवाभिधानाद् व्यथते नताननः Ki.1.24; (at the end of comp.) called, named; ऋणाभिधानाद् बन्धनात् R.3.2.

-4 An expression, word.

-5 Speech, discourse महत्तमा- नामभिधानयोगः Bhāg.1.18.18.

-6 A dictionary, vocabulary (of words), lexicon (in these last 4 senses said to be also m.)

-7 A song, षट्पादतन्त्रीमधुराभिधानम् Rām.4.28,36.

-Comp. -चिन्तामणिः N. of a celebrated vocabulary of synonyms by Hemachandra.

-माला a dictionary.

-रत्नमाला N. of a vocabulary of words by Halāyudha.

-विप्रतिपत्तिः Incongruence of the word and the sense intended to be conveyed thereby; केयमभिधान- विप्रतिपत्तिर्नाम । यदन्यथाभिधानमन्यथाभिधेयम् । ŚB. on MS. 9.3.13.