शब्द [ śabda ] [ śábda ] m. ( in Lit. DhyānabUp. also n. ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . perhaps connected with √ 3. [ śap ] cf. also 2. [ śap ] ) sound , noise , voice , tone , note ( [ śabdaṃ ] √ [ kṛ ] , to utter a sound , raise the voice , cry aloud ; sound is supposed to be sevenfold ( Lit. MBh. xii , 6858 ) or eight. fold ( Lit. Dharmas. 35 ) or tenfold ( Lit. MBh. xiv , 1418 ) ; in the Mīmāṃsā it is taught to be eternal) ( 1052,2 )

  a word ( [ śabdena ] , by word , explicitly , expressly) Lit. ib. Lit. Kāś. on Lit. Pāṇ. 2-3 , 19

  speech , language Lit. BhP.

  the right word , correct expression ( opp. to [ apa-śabda ] ) Lit. Pat.

  the sacred syllable Om , Lit. AmṛitUp.

  (in gram.) a declinable word or a word-termination , affix Lit. Pāṇ. Sch.

  a name , appellation , title Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. ( [ tacchabdāt ] , " because it is so-called " Lit. KātyŚr.)

  a technical term Lit. TPrāt.

  verbal communication or testimony , oral tradition , verbal authority or evidence (as one of the Pramāṇas q.v. ) Lit. Nyāyas. Lit. Sarvad.