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vācवाच्vā́c f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), [RV.] &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
Speech personified (in various manners or forms, e.g. as Vāc Āmbhṛṇī in [RV. x, 125]; as the voice of the middle sphere in [Naigh.] & [Nir.]; in the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajā-pati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra; in [VP.] she is the daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Kaśyapa; but most frequently she is identified with Bhāratī or Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech; vācaḥ sāma and vāco vratam N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]; vācaḥ stomaḥ, a partic. Ekāha, [ŚrS.])
vācāवाचाf. speech, a word, [Pañcat.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch. &c.
the goddess of speech, [Uṇ. ii, 57], Sch.
a holy word, sacred text, [MW.]
an oath, [ib.]
w.r. for vacā, [MBh. xiii, 6149.]
instr. of vāc, in comp.
vācīवाचीf. See ambu-v°.
vācaवाचm. (only [L.]) a species of fish
a species of plant
= madana.
vācoवाचोin comp. for 2. vācas.
vācaṃवाचंin comp. for vācam.
vācamवाचम्acc. of vāc, in comp.
vācasवाचस्See ví-vācas and sá-vācas.
gen. of vāc, in comp.
vācinवाचिन्mfn. (ifc.) asserting, supposing, [Sarvad.], [Kāś.]
expressing, signifying (°ci-tva n.), [APrāt.]; [TPrāt.], Sch. &c.
vācyaवाच्यNom. P. °yati, fr. vāc, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 15], Sch.
mfn. to be spoken or said or told or announced or communicated or stated or named or predicated or enumerated or spoken of [Up.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (n. impers. it is to be spoken or said &c.)
to be addressed or spoken to about anything (acc. or nom. with iti), [Mn.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.
to be directed that (with yathā), [MBh.]
to be told about (= still untold), [KātyŚr.]
to be expressed or designated or meant expressly by (gen. or comp.), [ChUp.]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sāh.] &c.
to be spoken against, blamable, censurable by (gen. or instr.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
used as a substantive, [Vop.]
(vācyá), belonging to the voice &c., [VS.]
vācyá m. metron. of the Ṛṣi Prajā-pati, [RV.]
n. what may be said against any one or anything, blame, censure, reproach, fault (vācyaṃ-√ gam, to undergo blame), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]
that of which anything is predicated, a substantive, [Vop.]
a predicate, [W.]
the voice of a verb (e.g. kartari-v°, the active voice; karmaṇi-v°, the passive voice), [ib.]
= pratipādana, [L.]
vācālaवाचालmf(A)n. talkative, chattering (said also of birds), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
boasting, [VarBṛ.], Sch.; [Rājat.]
full of noise and bustle, (ifc.) filled with the song or noise of [R.]; [Vās.] &c.
vācāṭaवाचाटmf(A)n. talkative (said also of birds), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.
boastful, grandiloquent (-tā f.), [Bālar.]; [Prasannar.]
(ifc.) filled with the song of, resounding with, [Vās.]
vācakaवाचकmf(ikA [akA w.r.])n. speaking, saying, telling anything (gen.), [Hit.]; [BhP.]
speaking of, treating of, declaring (with gen. or ifc.), [RāmatUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
expressive of, expressing, signifying, [RPrāt.]; [RāmatUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
verbal, expressed by words, [MW.]
m. a speaker, reciter, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
a significant sound, word, [W.]
a messenger, [ib.]
vācanāवाचनाf. a lesson, chapter, [HPariś.]
vācanaवाचनn. the causing to recite, [ŚrS.]
the act of reciting, recitation, [Yājñ.]; [Vārāhīt.]
the act of reading, [Bālar.]
the act of declaring or designating, [Sāh.]
vācikaवाचिकmfn. verbal, effected or caused by words, consisting in words, communicated by speech (with abhinaya m. a declamatory speech; with vināśa m. threatened destruction; pāruṣye daṇḍa-vācike, the two violences i.e. blows and words, or assault and slander), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
m. a short expression for vāg-āśīr-datta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 84], Vārtt. 3, [Pat.]
n. a verbal commission or message, [Naiṣ.]; [Śiś.]; [Rājat.]
news, tidings, intelligence, [W.]
vācitvaवाचित्वvāci-tva n.
vācyāyaवाच्यायNom. Ā. vācyāyate, to appear as if really expressed, [Sāh.]
vācyatāवाच्यताvācya—tā f. the being to be said or spoken, the being predicated of or the quality of being predicable, [BhP.]
blamableness, ill repute, infamy, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
conjugation, [W.]
vācālanāवाचालनाf. the act of making talkative, [Kād.]
vācālatāवाचालताvācāla—tā, f. ([Kāv.]; [Bhpr.]) or vācāla—tva, n. ([Viddh.]) talkativeness, loquacity.
vācālayaवाचालयNom. P. °yati, to make talkative, cause to speak, [Bālar.]; [Kād.]; [Kathās.]; to make full of noise, [Kād.]; [Rājat.]
vācāṭatāवाचाटताvācāṭa—tā f.
vācāyanaवाचायनm. N. of an author, [HYog.]
vācchalyaवाच्छल्यvāc—chalya w.r. for vāk-ch°, [MBh. xii, 530.]
vācakūṭīवाचकूटीf. (prob.) w.r. for next, [Col.]
vācakatāवाचकताvācaka—tā, f. ([BhP.]; [Sarvad.]) or vācaka—tva, n. ([RāmatUp.]; [Pat.]; [Sāh.] &c.) the speaking or treating of, expressing, significance.
vācanakaवाचनकn. recitation (esp. of svasti), [Hcat.]
an enigma, riddle, [MW.]
a kind of sweetmeat, [L.]
vācanikaवाचनिकmf(I)n. founded on an express statement, mentioned expressly, [Śaṃk.]; [ĀpŚr.], Sch.; [VarBṛS.], Sch.
vācayitṛवाचयितृmfn. one who causes to recite, the director of a recitation, [Saṃskārak.]
vācyārthaवाच्यार्थm. the directly expressed meaning (-tva n. direct expression of meaning), [Vedāntas.]
vācyatvaवाच्यत्वvācya—tva n. = prec.
(esp.) the being to be said or expressly stated, [KātyŚr.]
the being expressed or expressly meant by or by means of [Śaṃk.] on [ChUp.]; [Sarvad.] &c.
vācyavatवाच्यवत्vācya—vat ind. like the substantive (see above), according to the gender of the substantive, adjectively, [Vop.]
vācālatvaवाचालत्वvācāla—tā, f. ([Kāv.]; [Bhpr.]) or vācāla—tva, n. ([Viddh.]) talkativeness, loquacity.
vācāstenaवाचास्तेनvācā́—stena (vācā́-), mfn. (prob.) one who makes mischief by his words, [RV. x, 87, 15.]
vācāvṛddhaवाचावृद्धvācā—vṛtta or vācā—vṛddha, m. pl. N. of a class of gods in the 14th Manv-antara, [VP.]
vācāvṛttaवाचावृत्तvācā—vṛtta or vācā—vṛddha, m. pl. N. of a class of gods in the 14th Manv-antara, [VP.]
vācaṃyamaवाचंयमvācaṃ—yama mf(A)n. restraining speech or voice, silent, [Br.]; [Up.] &c.
vācaṃ—yama m. a sage who practises silence, [L.]
N. of a man, [Cat.]
vācakatvaवाचकत्वvācaka—tā, f. ([BhP.]; [Sarvad.]) or vācaka—tva, n. ([RāmatUp.]; [Pat.]; [Sāh.] &c.) the speaking or treating of, expressing, significance.
vācaknavīवाचक्नवीvācaknavī́ f. (fr. vacaknu) N. of a preceptress with the patr. Gārgī, [ŚBr.]; [GṛS.]; [AV.Pariś.]
vācaminvaवाचमिन्वvācam—ínva mfn. ‘word-moving’, singing, reciting, [MaitrS.]
vācaspataवाचस्पतvācas—pata m. patr. fr. next, [ŚāṅkhBr.]
vācaspatiवाचस्पतिvācás—páti (vācás-), m. ‘lord of voice or speech’, N. of a divine being (presiding over human life which lasts as long as there is voice in the body; applied to Soma, Viśva-karman, Prajā-pati, Brahmā &c., but esp. to Bṛhas-pati, who is lord of eloquence, preceptor of the gods, and regent of the planet Jupiter), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
a master of speech, orator, [BhP.]
N. of a Ṛṣi, a lexicographer, a philosopher &c., [Sarvad.]; [Uṇ., Sch.] &c.
vācoyuktiवाचोयुक्तिvāco—yukti f. fit or appropriate speech, [Mālatīm.]; [Pat.]
vāco—yukti mfn. (?) possessing fitness of speech, eloquent, [L.]
vācyāyanaवाच्यायनvācyāyaná m. patr. of Vācya, [TS.]
vācākarmanवाचाकर्मन्vācā—karman n. an act performed only by the voice, [ĀpŚr.], Sch.
vācāsahāyaवाचासहायvācā—sahāya m. a conversable or sociable companion, [R.]
vācaśravasवाचश्रवस्vāca-śravas m. N. of a man, [Cat.] (perhaps w.r. for vāja-ś°).
vācakapadaवाचकपदvācaka—pada mfn. containing expressive (not senseless) words, [Yājñ., Sch.]
vācaka—pada n. an expressive or significant word, explicit term, [W.]
vācaspatyaवाचस्पत्यvācas—patya mfn. relating to Vācas-pati (N. of Śiva), [MBh.]
composed by V°, [Cat.]
declared by V°, [MW.]
vācas—patya n. eloquence, [Śiś.]; [Hit.]
fine language, eloquent speech, harangue, [MW.]
vācyacitraवाच्यचित्रvācya—citra mfn. fanciful in sense (as a poetical expression), [MW.]
vācya—citra n. a play upon words, [Sāh.]
vācyaliṅgaवाच्यलिङ्गvācya—liṅga or vācya—liṅ°gaka, mfn. following or having the gender of the substantive, adjectival (°ga-tva n., [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 18], Sch.), [L.]
vācyavajraवाच्यवज्रvācya—vajra n. ‘thunder-like words’, violent or strong language, [MW.]
vācākarmīṇaवाचाकर्मीणvācā—karmīṇa mfn. performed only by the voice, [ib.]
vācārambhaṇaवाचारम्भणvācā°rambhaṇa (vācār°), n. (said to be) = vāg-ālambana, [ChUp.]; [Vedāntas.]
N. of wk.
vācāviruddhaवाचाविरुद्धvācā—viruddha mfn. unsuitable to words, not describable with words
vācā—viruddha m. pl. a partic. class of divine beings, [MBh.]
vācaṃniyamaवाचंनियमvācaṃ-niyama mfn. silent, [Hir. 1].
vācakācāryaवाचकाचार्यm. N. of a teacher (also umā-svāti-v°), [Sarvad.]
vācakamukhyaवाचकमुख्यvācaka—mukhya N. of wk.
vācamīṅkhayaवाचमीङ्खयvācam—īṅkhayá mfn. id. (said of Soma), [RV.]
vācasāmpatiवाचसाम्पतिvācasām-pati m. N. of Bṛhas-pati or the planet Jupiter, [L.] (w.r. for vacasām-p°).
vācyārthatvaवाच्यार्थत्वvācyārtha—tva n., direct expression of meaning
vācaṃyamatvaवाचंयमत्वvācaṃ—yama—tva n. silence, [Ragh.]; [Kuval.]
vācikahārakaवाचिकहारकvācika—hāraka m. a letter, epistle, [L.]
a messenger, courier, [MW.]
vācikapattraवाचिकपत्त्रvācika—pattra n. a written agreement or contract, [L.]
a letter, dispatch, [W.]
a newspaper, gazette, [ib.]
vācikapraśnaवाचिकप्रश्नvācika—praśna m. N. of wk.
vācyaliṅgakaवाच्यलिङ्गकvācya—liṅga or vācya—liṅ°gaka, mfn. following or having the gender of the substantive, adjectival (°ga-tva n., [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 18], Sch.), [L.]
vācyavarjitaवाच्यवर्जितvācya—varjita n. an elliptical expression, [Pratāp.]
vācoyuktipaṭuवाचोयुक्तिपटुvāco—yukti—paṭu mfn. skilled in speech, eloquent, [Śiś.], Sch.
vācyaliṅgatvaवाच्यलिङ्गत्वvācya—liṅga-tva n., [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 18], Sch.
vācyavācakatāवाच्यवाचकताvācya—vācaka-tā, f. ([BhP.]) and vācya—vācaka-tva, n. ([RāmatUp.]) and vācya—vācaka-bhāva, m. ([KapS.]) the state of the signified and the signifier.
vācaspatimiśraवाचस्पतिमिश्रvācas—pati—miśra m. N. of various authors (esp. of a philosopher and celebrated lawyer), [IW. 92 n. 2]; [305]
vācyavācakatvaवाच्यवाचकत्वvācya—vācaka-tā, f. ([BhP.]) and vācya—vācaka-tva, n. ([RāmatUp.]) and vācya—vācaka-bhāva, m. ([KapS.]) the state of the signified and the signifier.
vācyavācakabhāvaवाच्यवाचकभावvācya—vācaka-tā, f. ([BhP.]) and vācya—vācaka-tva, n. ([RāmatUp.]) and vācya—vācaka-bhāva, m. ([KapS.]) the state of the signified and the signifier.
vācaspatigovindaवाचस्पतिगोविन्दvācas—pati—govinda m. ([Cat.]) N. of author
vācaspativallabhaवाचस्पतिवल्लभvācas—pati—vallabha m. a topaz, [L.]
vācaspatikalpataruवाचस्पतिकल्पतरुvācas—pati—kalpa-taru m. N. of wk.
vācaspatibhaṭṭācāryaवाचस्पतिभट्टाचार्यvācas—pati—bhaṭṭācārya m. N. of author
vācakalakṣakavyañjakatvaवाचकलक्षकव्यञ्जकत्वvācaka—lakṣaka-vyañjaka-tva n. direct or indirect or implicit designation of a thing, [Pratāp.]