| The term Bhashya literally means "speaking, talking, any work in the current, vernacular speech".<ref name=mmwbhashya/> The term also refers to, states Monier-Williams, any "explanatory work, exposition, explanation, commentary" that brings to light something else.<ref name=mmwbhashya>Monier Monier-Williams (2002), A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 755</ref> A ''Bhashyakrit'' is the author, and these words are related to the root ''Bhash'' which means "speak about, describe, declare, tell".<ref name=mmwbhashya/> | | The term Bhashya literally means "speaking, talking, any work in the current, vernacular speech".<ref name=mmwbhashya/> The term also refers to, states Monier-Williams, any "explanatory work, exposition, explanation, commentary" that brings to light something else.<ref name=mmwbhashya>Monier Monier-Williams (2002), A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Etymologically and Philologically Arranged to cognate Indo-European Languages, Motilal Banarsidass, page 755</ref> A ''Bhashyakrit'' is the author, and these words are related to the root ''Bhash'' which means "speak about, describe, declare, tell".<ref name=mmwbhashya/> |