bhaṇati

to speak, tell, proclaim (the nearest synonym is katheti: see Cnd. s.v. katheti Dhp.264; Pp.33, Pp.56; Dhp-a.ii.95
ppr bhaṇanto Snp.397. Pot. bhaṇe Snp.1131 (= bhaṇeyya Cnd.469); Dhp.224 (saccaṃ; = dīpeyya vohareyya Dhp-a.iii.316). Also bhaṇeyya Snp.397. An old subjunctive form is bhaṇā- mase SN.i.209 (cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 126). Prohib. mā bhāṇi. A Caus. form is bhāṇaye (Pot.) Snp.397.

bhaṇ; cp. Sk. bhaṇati; Ohg. ban = E. ban etc. “proclamation.” See connections in Walde, Lat Wtb. under fabula
■ Explained by Dhtp.111 as “bhaṇana. by Dhtm.162 as “bhāsana”