वाक्य [ vākya ] [ vākya ] n. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) speech , saying , assertion , statement , command , words ( [ mama vākyāt ] , in my words , in my name) Lit. MBh.

  a declaration (in law) , legal evidence Lit. Mn.

  an express declaration or statement (opp. to [ liṅga ] , " a hint " or indication) Lit. Sarvad.

  betrothment Lit. Nār.

  a sentence , period Lit. RāmatUp. Lit. Pāṇ. Vārtt.

  a mode of expression Lit. Cat.

  a periphrastic mode of expression Lit. Pāṇ. Sch. Lit. Siddh.

  a rule , precept , aphorism Lit. MW.

  a disputation Lit. MBh.

  (in logic) an argument , syllogism or member of a syllogism

  the singing of birds Lit. Hariv.

  (in astron.) the solar process in computations Lit. MW.