गायन

Monier-Williams · gāyana
gāyana m. ( 3-1, 147) a singer, praiser i, iii, v, xiii i ‖ a talker ‖ N. of an attendant in Skanda's retinue ix, 2569 ‖ (ī), f. a female singer 3-i, 147 ‖ (am), n. singing, song iii, vii ‖ professing or practising singing as a livelihood