"vachana" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, M. Sivaramkrishna, Sumita Roy, Poet Saints of India, page 140:",
          "text": "The apparent simplicity of the vachanas does not imply that they are not recognised by rhetoricians.",
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          "ref": "2000, Jaydipsinh Dodiya, Indian English Poetry, page 83:",
          "text": "Each vachana ends with a reference to one of the various names of Lord Siva.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 77:",
          "text": "In some of his vachanas, Basava noted how arbitrary the gods could be at the end of a man's life.",
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        "In Kannada literature, a short composition of rhythmic prose."
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  "word": "vachana"
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