vácas n. (for 2. See p. 914, col. 2) speech, voice, word, [RV.] &c. &c. (°casāmpatiḥ N. of Bṛhaspati, [Laghuj.])
singing, song (of birds), [Ṛtus.]
advice, direction, command, order, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (vacaḥ-√ kṛ, with gen., ‘to follow the advice of’; vacasā mama, ‘on my advice’)
an oracular utterance (declarative of some future fate or destiny), [VarBṛS.]
a sentence, [L.]
(in gram.) number (see dvi-v°).
mfn. (for 1. See p. 912, col. 3) in adhóvacas, q.v.