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Entry ध्वन्

ध्वन्dhvan1 P. also 1 P. (ध्वनति, ध्वनयति, ध्वनित) To sound, produce or utter sounds, buzz, hum, echo, reverberate…
1. 1 Parasmaipada also 1 Parasmaipada (ध्वनति, ध्वनयति, ध्वनित) To sound, produce or utter sounds, buzz, hum, echo, reverberate, thunder, roar; बिभिद्यमाना इव दध्वनुर्दिशः Ki.14.46; अयं धीरं धीरं ध्वनति नवनीलो जलधरः Bv.1.6; कपिर्दध्वान मेघवत् Bk.9.5;14.3; ध्वनति मधुपसमूहे श्रवणमपिदधाति Gīt.5.-Causal (ध्वनयति) To cause to sound, ring (as a bell); but ध्वानयति 'to cause to articulate indistinctly.'
2. To allude, hint at.
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