भण्

{ bhaṇ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

भण्    cl. 1. P. ( [Dhātup. xiii, 4]) भणति ( pf. बभाण, 2. sg. बभणिथ, [Pāṇ. 6-4, 121] Sch.; aor. अभाणीत्, [Bhaṭṭ.]; fut. भणिष्यति, °णिता Gr.; ind.p. भणित्वा, [Pañcat.]; inf. भणितुम् Gr.:

Pass. भण्यते, [BhP.]; aor. अभाणि, [Bhaṭṭ.]),

to speak, say to ( acc. with or without प्रति), [Var.]; [Daś.]; [Pañcat.];

to call, name (two acc.), [Vet.] :

Caus. भाणयति;

aor. अबीभणत्, or अबभाणत्, [Siddh.]; [Vop.] ( prob. a later form of √ भन्.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

भण् [bhaṇ]   1 P. (भणति, भणित)
To say, speak; पुरुषोत्तमे इति भणितव्ये [V.3;] [Bk.14.16.]
To describe; काव्यः स काव्येन सभामभाणीत् [N.1.59.]
To name, call.
To sound.

Shabda-Sagara

भण्   r. 1st cl. ( भणति) To sound, to utter articulate sound, to speak or say.
With प्रति, to reply.