भण् [ bhaṇ ] [ bhaṇ ] Root cl. [1] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xiii , 4) [ bhaṇati ] (pf. [ babhāṇa ] , 2. sg. [ babhaṇitha ] Lit. Pāṇ. 6-4 , 121 Sch. ; aor. [ abhāṇīt ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; fut. [ bhaṇiṣyati ] , [ °ṇitā ] Gr. ; ind.p. [ bhaṇitvā ] Lit. Pañcat. ; inf. [ bhaṇitum ] Gr.: Pass. [ bhaṇyate ] Lit. BhP. ; aor. [ abhāṇi ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ.) , to speak , say to (acc. with or without [ prati ] ) Lit. Var. Lit. Daś. Lit. Pañcat. ; to call , name ( two acc.) Lit. Vet. : Caus. [ bhāṇayati ] ; aor. [ abībhaṇat ] , or [ ababhāṇat ] Lit. Siddh. Lit. Vop. ( Prob. a later form of √ [ bhan ] .)