As a Hindi name
भाण · noun · masculine
नाट्यशास्त्रानुसार एक प्रकार का रूपक जो नाटकादि दस रूपकों के अतर्गत है · ब्याज । बहाना । मिस · ज्ञान । बोध — Śabdasāgara
भाण · bhāṇ · s.m.
A sort of dramatic entertainment; trumping up a story — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 179
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
recitation (esp. of the Buddhist law)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "bhāṇa" is derived from "bhāṇ" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bhāṇ onomat., imitation of the noise of breathing or hissing, ŚBr.
bhāṇa m. (√ bhaṇ) recitation (esp. of the Buddhist law), MWB. 44
N. of a sort of dramatic entertainment (in which only one of the interlocutors appears on the scene, or a narrative of some intrigue told either by the hero or a third person), Daśar.; Sāh.; Pratāp. (cf. IW. 471).
Dictionary citations
bhāṇa m. (√ bhaṇ) recitation (esp. of the Buddhist law), MWB. 44
N. of a sort of dramatic entertainment (in which only one of the interlocutors appears on the scene, or a narrative of some intrigue told either by the hero or a third person), Daśar.; Sāh.; Pratāp. (cf. IW. 471).
bhāṇa m. (-ṇaḥ) A sort of dramatic entertainment, described as one, in which one only of the interlocutors appears on the scene; or as the narrative of some intrigue, told either by the hero or a third person. E. bhaṇa to speak, aff. ghañ.
bhāṇ onomat., imitation of the noise of breathing or hissing, ŚBr.
Alternative readings
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