ध्वन् [ dhvan ] [ dhvan ]2 Root cl. [1] P. [ dhvanati ] (perf. [ dadhvāna ] , [ dadhvanur ] Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; fut. [ dhvaniṣyati ] , [ °nitā ] Gr.) to sound , roar , make a noise , echo , reverberate Lit. Kāv. ; to mean , imply , (esp. Pass. [ dhvanyate ] , it is meant , it is implied) : Caus. [ dhvānayati ] Lit. Dhātup. (aor. [ adidhvanat ] or [ adadh ] Gr.) , to cause to sound , make resound (cf. [ °nayat ] below) ; [ dhvanayati ] , to allude to , hint at Lit. Mṛicch. Comm. Intens. in [ dandhvana ] q.v. ( ( cf. 1. [ dhvāntá ] : Lith. (dundéti) , to sound , call ; Angl.Sax. (dynian) , to thunder. ) )