vakrôkti f. indirect mode of expression Kull. on Mn.iii, 133

• a figure of speech consisting in the use of evasive speech or reply (either by means of a pun, or by an affected change of tone, e.g. Mudr. i, 1) Kpr

• -jīvita n. -pañcāśikā f. N. of wks. [Page 911, Column 2]