[Skt.] n. A language, speech, dialect. A word, phrase, expression. mata. A solemn undertaking, vow, engagement: what one gives his word for, an oath, pratijna, pramanamu. desabhasa the vernacular of a country. bhasanamu bhashanamu. v. n. Speaking, speech. mataduta. bhasantaramubhash-antaramu. n. Another language: a translation. bhasagranthamu bhasha-granthamu. n. A poem in a modern or vernacular…