भाषा

Definitions

• speech, language (especially common, vernacular or vulgar speech, as opposed to Vedic or in later times to Sanskrit, as the refined speech)
• any Prakrit dialect or a particular group of 5 of them (namely माहाराष्ट्री (माहाराष्ट्री), शौरसेनी (शौरसेनी), मागध (मागध), प्राच्या (प्राच्या) and अवन्ति (अवन्ति), also called पञ्चविधा (पञ्चविधा))
• description, definition
• (legal) accusation, charge, complaint, plaint
• name of Saraswati
• (music) name of रागिणी (रागिणी)