gāyantikā f. (fr. ○ntī f. of gāyat), 'singing', N. of a cave in the Himâlaya MBh. v, 2836
gāyana m. (Pāṇ. 3-1, 147) a singer, praiser MBh. i, iii, v, xiii R. i Rājat.
• a talker L.
• N. of an attendant in Skanda's retinue MBh. ix, 2569
• (ī), f. a female singer Pāṇ. 3-i, 147
• (am), n. singing, song Cāṇ. BhP. iii, vii PSarv. [Page 353, Column 1]
• professing or practising singing as a livelihood W.
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William