agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa)

agni : the number three, [Sūryas.]

agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid

agni : bile, [L.]

agni : gold, [L.]

agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida

agni : mystical substitute for the letter r

agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u

agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.]

agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj].

śukra : śukrá mf(A/)n. (fr. √ 1. śuc cf. śukla) bright, resplendent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [MBh.]

śukra : clear, pure, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

śukra : light-coloured, white, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.]

śukra : pure, spotless, [RV.]; [Br.]

śukra : śukrá m. N. of Agni or fire, [R.]

śukra : of a month (Jyeṣṭha = May-June, personified as the guardian of Kubera's treasure), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]

śukra : the planet Venus or its regent (regarded as the son of Bhṛgu and preceptor of the Daityas), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

śukra : clear or pure Soma, [RV.]

śukra : (with or scil. graha) a partic. Graha or receptacle for Soma, [VS.]; [ŚBr.]

śukra : a partic. astrol. Yoga, [L.]

śukra : a N. of the Vyāhṛtis (bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svar), [MW.]

śukra : a kind of plant (= citraka), [ib.]

śukra : N. of a Marutvat, [Hariv.]

śukra : of a son of Vasiṣṭha, [VP.]

śukra : of the third Manu, [Hariv.]

śukra : of one of the seven sages under Manu Bhautya, [MārkP.]

śukra : of a son of Bhava, [VP.]

śukra : of a son of Havir-dhāna (cf. śukla), [VP.]

śukra : (with Jainas) of a partic. Kalpa (q.v.)

śukra : śukrá n. brightness, clearness, light, [RV.]; [Up.]; [MBh.]; [R.]

śukra : (also pl.) any clear liquid (as water, Soma &c.), [RV.]; [VS.]

śukra : juice, the essence of anything, [Br.]; [ŚrS.] (also pl.)

śukra : semen virile, seed of animals (male and female), sperm, [RV.] &c. &c.

śukra : a morbid affection of the iris (change of colour &c. accompanied by imperfect vision; cf. śukla), [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.]

śukra : a good action, [L.]

śukra : gold, wealth, [L.]

śukra : N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]

śukra : of a Vedic metre, [RPrāt.]

śocis : śocís n. flame, glow, radiance, light, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Hariv.]

śocis : colour, [Kpr.]

śocis : splendour, beauty, [BhP.]

śocis : śocís mfn. shining, brilliant, [ib.]

uru : urú mf(vI/)n. (√ 1. vṛ; √ ūrṇu, [Uṇ. i, 32]), wide, broad, spacious, extended, great, large, much, excessive, excellent, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]

uru : urú (us), m. N. of an Āṅgirasa, [ĀrṣBr.]

uru : of a son of the fourteenth Manu, [BhP.]; [VP.]

uru : urú (u), n. (u) wide space, space, room, [RV.] (with √ kṛ, to grant space or scope, give opportunity, [RV.])

uru : urú (u), ind. widely, far, far off, [RV.]

uru : compar. varīyas, superl. variṣṭha;

uru : [cf. Gk. εὐρύς, εὐρύνω, &c.: Hib. ur, ‘very’; uras , ‘power, ability’.]

prath : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xix, 3]) práthate (rarely P. °ti, e.g. impf. 2. du. áprathatam, [RV.]; Impv. prathantu, [VS.]; pf. paprathatuḥ, [BhP.]; mostly Ā. pf. paprathé, p. paprathāná, [RV.]; aor. prathiṣṭa, p. prathāná, [ib.]; fut. prathiṣyate, prathitā Gr.), to spread, extend (intrans.; P. trans. and intrans.), become larger or wider, increase, [RV.] &c. &c.; to spread abroad (as a name, rumour &c.), become known or celebrated, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to come to light, appear, arise, [Kir.]; [Rājat.]; to occur (to the mind), [Rājat.] : Caus. pratháyati (rarely °te; aor. apaprathat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 95]; Subj. papráthat, [RV.]; paprathanta, [ib.]; práthayi, [TS.]), to spread, extend, increase, [RV.] &c. &c. (prathayati-tarām, [Ratnāv. iv, 3]; Ā. intr. [RV.]; [AV.]); to spread abroad, proclaim, celebrate, [R.]; [Hariv.]; [BhP.]; to unfold, disclose, reveal, show, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; to extend over i.e. shine upon, give light to (acc.), [RV. iii, 14, 4.]

prath : or pṛth, cl. 10. P. prāthayati or parthayati, to throw, cast; to extend, [Dhātup. xxxii, 19.]

bṛhat : bṛhát mf(atI/)n. (in later language usually written vṛhat) lofty, high, tall, great, large, wide, vast, abundant, compact, solid, massy, strong, mighty, [RV.] &c. &c.

bṛhat : full-grown, old, [RV.]

bṛhat : extended or bright (as a luminous body), [ib.]

bṛhat : clear, loud (said of sounds), [ib.]

bṛhat : bṛhát m. N. of a Marut, [Hariv.]

bṛhat : of a prince, [MBh.]

bṛhat : of a son of Su-hotra and father of Aja-mīḍha, [Hariv.]

bṛhat : bṛhát m. or n. (?) speech (°tām pati = bṛhaspati), [Śiś. ii, 26]

bṛhat : bṛhát n. height (also = heaven, sky), [RV.]

bṛhat : N. of various Sāmans composed in the metrical form Bṛhatī (also with āneyam, bharad-vājasya. bhāradvājam, vāmadevyam, sauram), [ĀrṣBr.]

bṛhat : N. of Brahman, [BhP.]

bṛhat : of the Veda, [ib.]

bṛhat : bṛhát ind. far and wide, on high, [RV.]

bṛhat : bṛhát n. firmly, compactly, [ib.]

bṛhat : brightly, [ib.]

bṛhat : greatly, much, [ib.]

bṛhat : aloud, [ib.] (also atā́, [AV.])

krand : cl. 1. P. Ā. krándati, krandate (v.l. kradate fr. √ krad, [Dhātup.]; Subj. krándat; impf. krandat and ákrandat; aor. 2. sg. kradas, cakradas, and ákrān, 3. sg. akrān and ákrān; akrandīt, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65], [Kāś.]; p. krándat), to neigh (as a horse), roar (metaphorically applied to the clouds and to wind and water), [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr. vi]; to creak (as a wheel), [ŚBr. xi]; to sound, make a noise, [Ratnāv.]; to cry piteously, weep, lament, grieve, be confused with sorrow, [RV. x, 95, 13]; [MBh.] &c.; to call out piteously to any one (acc.), [Kathās.] (perf. cakranda), [MārkP.] : Caus. krandayati (aor. ácikradat, 3. pl. °dan), to cause to roar, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; to cause to weep or lament, [Suśr.]; to roar, rave, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; to neigh after (acc.), [RV. ix, 67, 4] and [x, 96, 10] : Intens. P. kánikrantti (Ā. °ntte, [AdbhBr.]; p. kánikradat, once kánikrat, [RV. ix, 63, 20]; p. Ā. kanikradyámana, [ŚBr. vi]), to neigh, roar, rave, cry out, [RV.]; [AV.]; to creak, crackle, [RV.];

krand : [cf. Goth. grēta, ‘to lament’.]

vi : ví m. (nom. vís or vés acc. vím gen. abl. vés; pl. nom. acc. váyas [acc. vīn, [Bhaṭṭ.]]; víbhis, víbhyas, vīnā́m) a bird (also applied to horses, arrows, and the Maruts), [RV.]; [VS.]; [PañcavBr.], (also occurring in later language).

vi : [cf. 1. váyas; Gk. οἰωνός for ὀϝιωνος; Lat. a-vis; accord. to some Germ. Ei; Angl.Sax. ǽg; Eng. egg.]

vi : n. an artificial word said to be = anna, [ŚBr.]

vi : ví ind. (prob. for an original dvi, meaning ‘in two parts’; and opp. to sam, q.v.) apart, asunder, in different directions, to and fro, about, away, away from, off, without, [RV.] &c. &c. In [RV.] it appears also as a prep. with acc. denoting ‘through’ or ‘between’ (with ellipse of the verb, e.g. [i, 181, 5]; [x, 86, 20] &c.) It is esp. used as a prefix to verbs or nouns and other parts of speech derived from verbs, to express ‘division’, ‘distinction’, ‘distribution’, ‘arrangement’, ‘order’, ‘opposition’, or ‘deliberation’ (cf. vi-√ bhid, -śiṣ, -dhā, -rudh, -car, with their nominal derivatives)

vi : sometimes it gives a meaning opposite to the idea contained in the simple root (e.g. √ krī, ‘to buy’; vi-√ krī, ‘to sell’), or it intensifies that idea (e.g. √ hiṃs, ‘to injure’; vi-√ hiṃs, ‘to injure severely’). The above 3. ví may also be used in forming compounds not immediately referable to verbs, in which cases it may express ‘difference’ (cf. 1. vi-lakṣaṇa), ‘change’ or ‘variety’ (cf. vi-citra), ‘intensity’ (cf. vi-karāla), ‘manifoldness’ (cf. vi-vidha), ‘contrariety’ (cf. vi-loma), ‘deviation from right’ (cf. vi-śīla), ‘negation’ or ‘privation’ (cf. vi-kaccha, being often used like 3. a, nir, and nis [qq.vv.], and like the Lat. dis, se, and the English a, dis, in, un &c.)

vi : in some cases it does not seem to modify the meaning of the simple word at all (cf. vi-jāmi, vi-jāmātṛ)

vi : it is also used to form proper names out of other proper names (e.g. vi-koka, vi-pṛthu, vi-viṃśa). To save space such words are here mostly collected under one article

vi : but words having several subordinate compounds will be found s.v.

mada : máda m. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication, [RV.] &c. &c.

mada : (du. with madasya N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.])

mada : ardent passion for (comp.), [MBh.]

mada : (ifc. f. ā) sexual desire or enjoyment, wantonness, lust, ruttishness, rut (esp. of an elephant), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

mada : pride, arrogance, presumption, conceit of or about (gen. or comp.), [ib.]

mada : any exhilarating or intoxicating drink, spirituous liquor, wine, Soma, [RV.] &c. &c.,

mada : honey, [Ragh.]

mada : the fluid or juice that exudes from a rutting elephant's temples, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

mada : semen virile, [L.]

mada : musk, [L.]

mada : any beautiful object, [L.]

mada : a river, [L.]

mada : N. of the 7th astrol. mansion, [Var.]

mada : Intoxication or Insanity personified (as a monster created by Cyavana), [MBh.]

mada : N. of a son of Brahmā, [VP.]

mada : of a Dānava, [Hariv.]

mada : of a servant of Śiva, [BhP.]

mada : máda n. N. of 2 Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

garbha : gárbha m. (√ grabh = grah, ‘to conceive’; √ 2. gṝ, [Uṇ. iii, 152]) the womb, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

garbha : the inside, middle, interior of anything, calyx (as of a lotus), [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , ‘having in the interior, containing, filled with’, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [RPrāt.]; [MBh.] &c.)

garbha : an inner apartment, sleeping-room, [L.]

garbha : any interior chamber, adytum or sanctuary of a temple &c., [VarBṛS.]; [RTL. p. 445]

garbha : a foetus or embryo, child, brood or offspring (of birds), [RV.]; [AV.] &c.

garbha : a woman's courses, [Viṣṇ.]

garbha : ‘offspring of the sky’ i.e. the fogs and vapour drawn upwards by the rays of the sun during eight months and sent down again in the rainy season (cf. [Mn. ix, 305]), [R. iv, 27, 3]; [VarBṛS.]; [Bālar. viii, 50]

garbha : the bed of a river (esp. of the Ganges) when fullest i.e. on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month Bhādra or in the height of the rains (the Garbha extends to this point, after which the Tīra or proper bank begins, and extends for 150 cubits, this space being holy ground)

garbha : the situation in a drama when the complication of the plot has reached its height, [Daśar. i, 36]; [Sāh. vi, 68] and [79]

garbha : the rough coat of the Jaka fruit, [L.]

garbha : fire, [L.]

garbha : joining, union, [L.]

garbha : N. of a Ṛṣi (called Prājāpatya), [Kāṭh.]

garbha : [cf. amṛta-, ardha-, kṛṣṇa-, mūḍha-, viśva-, hiraṇya-; cf. also δελϕός; Hib. cilfin, ‘the belly’; Angl.Sax. hrif; Germ. kalb: Engl. calf.]

dhā : f. in 2. tiro-dhā́

dhā : dur-dhā́ (qq.vv.)

dhā : cl. 3. P. Ā. dádhāti, dhatté, [RV.] &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvás, dhatthás, dhattás [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]]; pl. dadhmási or °más, dhatthá, dādhati; impf. ádadhāt pl. °dhur, 2. pl. ádhatta or ádadhāta, [RV. vii, 33, 4]; Subj. dádhat or °dhāt [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]], °dhas, °dhatas, °dhan; Pot. dadhyā́t; Impv. dādhātu pl. °dhatu; 2. sg. dhehí [fr. dhaddhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] or dhattāt, [RV. iii, 8, 1]; 2. pl. dhattá, [i, 64, 15], dhattana, [i, 20, 7], dádhāta, [vii, 32, 13], or °tana, [x, 36, 13] [cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45], Sch.]; p. dádhat, °ti m. pl. °tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhé [at once 3. sg. = dhatté, [RV. i, 149, 5] &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhátse, [viii, 85, 5] or dhatsé, [AV. v, 7, 2]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te; 2. pl. °dhidhvé [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dádhate, [RV. v, 41, 2]; impf. ádhatta, °tthās; Subj. dádhase, [viii, 32, 6] [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96], [Kāś.]]; Pot. dádhīta, [RV. i, 40, 2] or dadhītá, [v, 66, 1]; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, [x, 87, 2] or dadhiṣva, [iii, 40, 5] &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38], [Kāś.]] or dadhidhvam, [RV. vii, 34, 10], &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, [AV. viii, 8, 3]; p. dádhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, °te, [RV.]; [MBh.]; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhā́ti, [RV.]; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, [MaitrUp.] (pf. P. dadhaú, °dhā́tha, °dhatur, °dhimā́ or °dhimá, °dhur, [RV.] &c.; Ā. dadhé [cf. pr.], dadhiṣé or dhiṣe, [RV. i, 56, 6]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te, 2. pl. dadhidhvé [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhiré, dadhre, [x, 82, 5]; [6], or dhire, [i, 166, 10] &c.; p. dádhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. ádhāt, dhā́t, dhā́s; adhúr, dhúr, [RV.] &c.; Pot. dheyām, °yur; dhetana, [RV.]; [TBr.]; 2. sg. dhāyīs, [RV. i, 147, 5]; Impv. dhā́tu [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8] Vārtt. 3; [Pat.]]; 2. pl. dhā́ta or °tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, [RV.]; Ā. adhita, °thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhimahe, dhāmahe, [RV.]; 3. sg. ahita, hita, [AV.]; [TĀr.]; Subj. dhéthe, [RV. i, 158, 2], dhaithe, [vi, 67, 7]; Impv. dhiṣvā́ or dhiṣvá, [ii, 11, 18], &c.; P. adhat, [SV.]; dhat, [RV.]; P. dhāsur Subj. °sathas and °satha, [RV.]; Ā. adhiṣi, °ṣata, [Br.]; Pot. dhiṣīya, [ib.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]]; dheṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. dhāsyati, °te or dhātā, [Br.] &c.; inf. dhā́tum, [Br.] &c.; Ved. also °tave, °tavaí, °tos; dhiyádhyai, [RV.]; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā́, [Br.]; hitvā [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42]], -dhā́ya and -dhā́m, [AV.] : Pass. dhīyáte, [RV.] &c. [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]], p. dhīyámāna, [RV. i, 155, 2] ; aor. ádhāyi, dhā́yi, [RV.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [[vi, 4, 62]]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. [MBh. v, 1075], with gen. [R. v, 28, 7]]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, [Kāvyād. ii, 64]); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āré, to remove), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), [RV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, [RV. i, 81, 3]); to appoint, establish, constitute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to render (with double acc.), [RV. vii, 31, 12]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 82]; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚvetUp.] &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with ókas or cánas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, [RV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Hit.] etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36] (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhítsati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.] (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya See s.v.); dídhiṣati, °te, to wish to give or present, [RV.]; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. dídhiṣāṇa, [x, 114, 1]), [ib.] : with avadyám, to bid defiance, [ib.] [iv, 18, 7] (cf. didhiṣā́yya, didhiṣú) : Intens. dedhīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.]

dhā : [cf. Zd. dā, dadaiti; Gk. θε-, θη-, τίθημι; Lith. dedù, dë́ti; Slav. dedją, děti; Old Sax. duan, dôn, Angl.Sax. dôn, Engl. to do; Germ. tuan; tuon, thun.]

dhā : mfn. putting, placing, bestowing, holding, having, causing &c. (ifc.; cf. dha)

dhā : m. placer, bestower, holder, supporter &c.

dhā : N. of Brahmā or Bṛhas-pati, [L.]

dhā : (ā), f. See 2. dha

dhā : instr. (= nom.) perhaps in the suffix (which forms adverbs from numerals, e.g. eka-dhā́, dví-dhā &c.)

jāmi : jāmí mfn. related like brother and sister, (f. with [[RV. i], [iii], [ix]] or without svásṛ) a sister, (rarely m.) a brother, [RV.] (‘sisters’, = fingers; ‘7 sisters’ = 7 acts of devotion in Soma worship, [ix, 66, 8]; cf. saptá-), [AV.]

jāmi : related (in general), belonging or peculiar to, customary, usual, (m.) a relative, [RV.] (cf. jāṃ-dhitá s.v. jā)

jāmi : jāmí f. a female relative of the head of a family, esp. the daughter-in-law, [Mn. iii, 57 f.]; [MBh. xiii], [xv]; [BhP. iv, 28, 16]

jāmi : a sister (?), [Yājñ. i, 157]

jāmi : a virtuous woman, [L.]

jāmi : N. of a goddess, [TBr. i, 7, 2, 6] (cf. °mī)

jāmi : jāmí n. the relation of brother and sister, consanguinity, [RV. iii, 54, 9]; [x, 10, 4]

jāmi : (in Gr. and in liturgy) uniformity, repetition, tautology, [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [Nir.]

jāmi : water, [Naigh. i, 12] (v.l. °mi-vat)

jāmi : cf. á-, ví-, saptá-, samāvaj-, su-, sóma-

jāmi : deva-jāmí;

jāmi : [cf. Lat. geminus.]

vivakṣase : ví-vakṣase (fr. √ vakṣ, or vac or vah, either 2. sg. Ā. or Ved. inf.), occurring only as refrain and without connection with other words in the hymns of Vi-mada, [RV. x, 24] &c. (accord. to [Naigh. iii, 3] = mahat).

vac : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 55]) vakti (occurs only in sg. vacmi, vakṣi, vakti, and Impv. vaktu; Ved. also cl. 3. P. vívakti; pf. uvā́ca, ūj, [RV.] &c. &c.; uváktha, [AV.]; vavāca, vavakṣé, [RV.]; aor. avocat, °cata, [RV.] &c. &c.; in Veda also Subj. vocati, °te, vecāti; Pot. vocét, °ceta; Impv. vocatu; Prec. ucyāsam, [Br.]; fut. vaktā́, [ib.] &c.; vakṣyáti, [RV.] &c. &c.; °te, [MBh.]; Cond. avakṣyat, [Br.]; [Up.]; inf. váktum, [Br.] &c.; °tave, [RV.]; °tos, [Br.]; ind.p. uktvā́, [Br.] &c.; -úcya, [ib.]), to speak, say, tell, utter, announce, declare, mention, proclaim, recite, describe (with acc. with or without prati dat. or gen. of pers., and acc. of thing; often with double acc., e.g. tam idaṃ vākyam uvāca, ‘he spoke this speech to him’; with double acc. also ‘to name, call’, Ā. with nom. ‘one's self’; with punar, ‘to speak again, repeat’; or ‘to answer, reply’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to reproach, revile (acc.), [Hariv.]; [R.] : Pass. ucyáte (aor. avāci, or in later language avoci), to be spoken or said or told or uttered &c., [RV.] &c. &c. (yad ucyate, ‘what the saying is’); to resound, [RV.]; to be called or accounted, be regarded as, pass for (nom., [L.] also loc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. vācayati, °te (Pot. vācayīta, [ĀśvGṛ.]; aor. avīvacat; Pass. vācyate), to cause to say or speak or recite or pronounce (with double acc.; often the object is to be supplied), [Br.]; [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to cause anything written or printed to speak i.e. to read out loud, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c.; ([Dhātup. xxxiv, 35]) to say, tell, declare, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to promise, [MBh.] : Desid. vivakṣati, °te (Pass. vivakṣyate), to desire to say or speak or recite or proclaim or declare, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Pass.) to be meant, [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.] : Intens. (only ávāvacīt) to call or cry aloud, [RV. x, 102, 6.]

vac : [cf. Gk. ἐπ for ϝεπ in ἔπος, εῖπον, ὄψ, ὄσσα &c.; Lat. vocare, vox; Germ. gi-waht, gi-wahinnen, er-wähnen.]