[dhvan-in] 1 Sound, echo, noise in general; mṛdaṃgadhīradhvanimanvaga- cchat R. 16. 13; 2. 72; 4. 72; U. 6. 17.

2 Tune, note, tone; Śi. 6. 48.

3 The sound of a musical instrument; R. 9. 71.

4 The roar or thunder of a cloud.

5 A mere empty sound.

6 word.

7 Hint, implied meaning.

8 (In Rhet.) The first and best of the three main divisions of kāvya or poetry, in which the implied or sug- gested sense of...