[vac-ṇyat casya kaḥ] 1 Speech, words, a sentence, saying, what is spoken; śṛṇu me vākyaṃ ‘here my words’, ‘hear me’; vākye na saṃti- ṣṭhate ‘does not obey’; Śi. 2. 24.

2 A sentence, period (complete utterance of a thought); vākyaṃ syā- dyogyatākāṃkṣāsattiyuktaḥ padoccayaḥ S. D. 6; padasamūho vākyaṃ Tarka. K.; śrautyārthī ca bhavedvākye samāse taddhite tathā K. P. 10. [Page0955-c+ 57]

5 An argument or syllogism...