indra : índra m. (for etym. as given by native authorities See [Nir. x, 8]; [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 3, 4]; [Uṇ. ii, 28]; according to [BRD.] fr. in = √ inv with suff. ra preceded by inserted d, meaning ‘to subdue, conquer’ ; according to [Muir, S. T. v, 119], for sindra fr. √ syand, ‘to drop’; more probably from √ ind, ‘to drop’ q.v., and connected with indu above), the god of the atmosphere and sky

indra : the Indian Jupiter Pluvius or lord of rain (who in Vedic mythology reigns over the deities of the intermediate region or atmosphere; he fights against and conquers with his thunder-bolt [vajra] the demons of darkness, and is in general a symbol of generous heroism; was not originally lord of the gods of the sky, but his deeds were most useful to mankind, and he was therefore addressed in prayers and hymns more than any other deity, and ultimately superseded the more lofty and spiritual Varuṇa; in the later mythology is subordinated to the triad Brahman, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but remained the chief of all other deities in the popular mind), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. &c.

indra : (he is also regent of the east quarter, and considered one of the twelve Ādityas), [Mn.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] &c.

indra : in the Vedānta he is identified with the supreme being

indra : a prince

indra : ifc. best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects; cf. surendra, rājendra, parvatendra, &c.), [Mn.]; [Hit.]

indra : the pupil of the right eye (that of the left being called Indrāṇī or Indra's wife), [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

indra : the number fourteen, [Sūryas.]

indra : N. of a grammarian

indra : of a physician

indra : the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (see kuṭaja), [L.]

indra : a vegetable poison, [L.]

indra : the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic

indra : the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth Nakṣatra, γ Pegasi

indra : the human soul, the portion of spirit residing in the body

indra : night, [L.]

indra : one of the nine divisions of Jambu-dvīpa or the known continent, [L.]

soma : sóma m. (fr. √ 3. su) juice, extract, (esp.) the juice of the Soma plant, (also) the Soma plant itself (said to be the climbing plant Sarcostema Viminalis or Asclepias Acida, the stalks [aṃśu] of which were pressed between stones [adri] by the priests, then sprinkled with water, and purified in a strainer [pavitra]; whence the acid juice trinkled into jars [kalaśa] or larger vessels [droṇa]; after which it was mixed with clarified butter, flour &c., made to ferment, and then offered in libations to the gods [in this respect corresponding with the ritual of the Iranian Avesta] or was drunk by the Brāhmans, by both of whom its exhilarating effect was supposed to be prized; it was collected by moonlight on certain mountains [in [RV. x, 34, 1], the mountain Mūja-vat is mentioned]; it is sometimes described as having been brought from the sky by a falcon [śyena] and guarded by the Gandharvas; it is personified as one of the most important of Vedic gods, to whose praise all the 114 hymns of the 9th book of the [RV.] besides 6 in other books and the whole, [SV.] are dedicated; in post-Vedic mythology and even in a few of the latest hymns of the [RV.] [although not in the whole of the 9th book] as well as sometimes in the [AV.] and in the [Br.], Soma is identified with the moon [as the receptacle of the other beverage of the gods called Amṛta, or as the lord of plants, cf. indu, oṣadhi-pati] and with the god of the moon, as well as with Viṣṇu, Śiva, Yama, and Kubera; he is called rājan, and appears among the 8 Vasus and the 8 Loka-pālas [[Mn. v, 96]], and is the reputed author of [RV. x, 124, 1], [5]-[9], of a law-book &c.; cf. below), [RV.] &c. &c.

soma : the moon or moon-god (see above)

soma : a Soma sacrifice, [AitĀr.]

soma : a day destined for extracting the Soma-juice, [ĀśvŚr.]

soma : Monday (= soma-vāra), [Inscr.]

soma : nectar, [L.]

soma : camphor, [L.]

soma : air, wind, [L.]

soma : water, [L.]

soma : a drug of supposed magical properties, [W.]

soma : a partic. mountain or mountainous range (accord. to some the mountains of the moon), [ib.]

soma : a partic. class of Pitṛs (prob. for soma-pā), [ib.]

soma : N. of various authors (also with paṇḍita, bhaṭṭa, śarman &c.; cf. above), [Cat.]

soma : = somacandra, or somendu, [HPariś.]

soma : N. of a monkey-chief, [L.]

soma : sóma (am), n. rice-water, rice-gruel, [L.]

soma : heaven, sky, ether, [L.]

soma : sóma mfn. relating to Soma (prob. w.r. for sauma), [Kāṭh.]

soma : mfn. (prob.) together with Umā, [IndSt.]

ayam : ayám this one. See idám.

piba : mfn. (√ 1. pā) drinking, who or what drinks, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 137] (cf. tri-).

pā : f. guarding, protecting, [L.]

pā : f. = pūta and pūritaka.

pā : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 27]) píbati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. °te; rarely pipati, °te, [Kāṭh.]; [Br.]) cl. 2. pāti, pāthás, pānti, [RV.]; [AV.]; p. Ā. papāná, [RV.], pípāna, [AV.] (pf. P. papaú, 2. sg. papātha, [RV.]; papitha, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 64], Sch.; papīyāt, [RV.]; p. papivás, [AV.]; Ā. pape, papire, [RV.]; p. papāná, [ib.]; aor. or impf. apāt, [RV.] [cf. [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]]; 3. pl. apuḥ [?] [RV. i, 164, 7]; -pāsta, [AV. xii, 3, 43]; Prec. 3. sg. peyās, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; pātā Gr.; ind.p. pītvā́, [RV.] &c. &c., °tvī, [RV.]; -pāya, [AV.] &c. &c.; -pīya, [MBh.]; pāyam, [Kāvyād.]; inf. píbadhyai, [RV.]; pātum, [MBh.] &c.; pā́tave, [AV.]; [Br.]; pā́tavaí, [RV.]), to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with acc., rarely gen.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (met.) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to drink up, exhaust, absorb, [BhP.]; [Pañc.]; to drink intoxicating liquors, [Buddh.] : Pass. pīyáte, [AV.] &c. &c.: Caus. pāyayati, °te (pf. pāyayām āsā, [MBh.]; aor. apīpyat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 4]; ind.p. pāyayitvā, [MBh.]; inf. pā́yayitavaí, [ŚBr.]), to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle), [RV.] &c. &c.: Desid. pipāsati ([RV.] also pipīṣati), to wish to drink, thirst, [ib.] : Desid. of Caus. pipāyayiṣati, to wish or intend to give to drink, [Kāṭh.] : Intens. pepīyate (p. °yamāna also with pass meaning), to drink greedily or repeatedly, [Up.]; [Hariv.]

pā : [cf. Gk. πέ-πω-κα; Aeol. πώ-νω = πίνω; Lat. pō-tus, pō-tum, bibo for pi-bo; Slav. pi-ja, pi-ti]

pā : mfn. drinking, quaffing &c. (cf. agre-, ṛtu-, madhu-, soma- &c.)

pā : cl. 2. P. ([Dhāt. xxiv, 48]) pā́ti (Impv. pāhí; pr. p. P. pā́t Ā. pāná, [RV.]; pf. papau Gr.; aor. apāsīt, [Rājat.] Subj. pāsati, [RV.]; fut. pāsyati, pātā Gr.; Prec. pāyāt, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 68], Sch.; inf. pātum, [MBh.]), to watch, keep, preserve; to protect from, defend against (abl.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to protect (a country) i.e. rule, govern, [Rājat.]; to observe, notice, attend to, follow, [RV.]; [AitBr.] : Caus. pālayati See √ pāl: Desid. pipāsati Gr.: Intens. pāpāyate, pāpeti, pāpāti, [ib.]

pā : [cf. Zd. pā, paiti; Gk. πά-ομαι, πέ-πα-μαι, πῶ-ν, &c.; Lat. pa-sco, pa-bulum; Lith. pë-mů́]

pā : mfn. keeping, protecting, guarding &c. (cf. apāna-, ritā-, go-, tanū- &c.)

pā : cl. 3. Ā. pípīte, to rise against, be hostile (see 2. anūt-√ , p. 41; 2. ut-pā, p. 181; praty-ut- √ , p. 677).

camū : camū́ f. (Ved. loc. °mū́, [RV.] six times; once °mví, [x, 91, 15]; nom. du. °mvā́, iii, 55, 20; gen. loc. °mvós; nom. pl. °mvás, viii, 2, 8; loc. pl. °mū́ṣu) a vessel or part (two or more in number) of the reservoir into which the Soma is poured, [RV.]

camū : °mvaú, f. du. ‘the two great receptacles of all living beings’, heaven and earth, [Naigh. iii, 30] (cf. [RV. iii, 55, 20])

camū : sg. a coffin (?), [ŚBr. xiii, 8, 2, 1]; [ŚāṅkhŚr. xiv, 22, 19]

camū : an army or division of an army (129 elephants, as many cars, 2187 horse, and 3645 foot, [MBh. i, 292]), [MBh.]; [R.]; [Megh.]; [BhP.]

su : cl. 1. P. Ā. savati, °te, to go, move, [Dhātup. xxii, 42] ([Vop.] sru).

su : (= √ 1. sū) cl. 1. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 43] and [xxiv, 32]; savati, sauti, only in 3. sg. pr. sauti and 2. sg. Impv. suhi) to urge, impel, incite, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; to possess supremacy, [Dhātup.]

su : cl. 5. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 1]) sunóti, sunute (in [RV.] 3. pl. sunvánti, sunviré [with pass. sense] and suṣvati; p. sunvát or sunvāná [the latter with act. and pass. sense] [ib.]; pf. suṣāva, suṣuma &c., [ib.]; [MBh.]; p. in Veda suṣuvás and suṣvāṇá [the later generally with pass. sense; accord. to [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 106], also suṣuvāṇa with act. sense]; aor. accord. to Gr. asāvīt or asauṣīt, asoṣṭa or asaviṣṭa; in [RV.] also Impv. sótu, sutám, and p. [mostly pass.] suvāná [but the spoken form is svāná and so written in [SV.], suv° in [RV.]]; and 3. pl. asuṣavuḥ, [AitBr.]; fut. sotā, [ib.]; soṣyati, [KātyŚr.]; saviṣyati, [ŚBr.]; inf. sótave, sótos, [RV.] : [Br.]; sotum Gr.; ind.p. -sútya, [Br.]; -sūya, [MBh.]), to press out, extract (esp. the juice from the Soma plant for libations), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Up.]; [MBh.]; to distil, prepare (wine, spirits &c.) Sch. on [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 132] : Pass. sūyáte (in [RV.] also Ā. 3. sg. sunve and 3. pl. sunviré with pass. sense; aor. ásāvi, [ib.]) : Caus. -sāvayati or -ṣāvayati (see abhi-ṣu and pra-√ su; aor. asūṣavat, accord. to some asīṣavat) Gr.: Desid. of Caus. suṣāvayiṣati, [ib.] : Desid. susūṣati, °te, [ib.] : Intens. soṣūyate, soṣavīti, soṣoti, [ib.]

su : (= √ 2. sū), (only in 3. sg. sauti See pra-√ sū) to beget, bring forth.

su : sú ind. (opp. to dus and corresponding in sense to Gk. εὖ; perhaps connected with 1. vásu, and, accord. to some, with pron. base sa, as ku with ka; in Veda also sū́ and liable to become ṣu or ṣū and to lengthen a preceding vowel, while a following na may become ṇa; it may be used as an adj. or adv.), good, excellent, right, virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, rightly, much, greatly, very, any, easily, willingly, quickly (in older language often with other particles; esp. with u, = ‘forthwith, immediately’; with mo i.e. mā u, = ‘never, by no means’ ; sú kam often emphatically with an Impv., e.g. tíṣṭhā sú kam maghavan mā́ parā gāḥ, ‘do tarry O Maghavan, go not past’, [RV. iii, 53, 2]; always qualifies the meaning of a verb and is never used independently at the beginning of a verse; in later language it is rarely a separate word, but is mostly prefixed to substantives, adjectives, adverbs and participles, exceptionally also to an ind.p., e.g. su-baddhvā, ‘having well bound’, [Mṛcch. x, 50]; or even to a finite verb, e.g. su-nirvavau, [Śiś. vi, 58]), [RV.] &c.;

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following).

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following)

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following, in which the initial ṣ stands for an orig. s) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following) :

su : (to be similarly prefixed to the following)

aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c.

aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.]

aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az].

rayi : rayí m. or (rarely) f. (fr. √ rā; the following forms occur in the Veda, rayis, °yím, °yibhis, °yīṇām; rayyā́, °yyaí, °yyā́m; cf. 2. rai), property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth (often personified), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.]

rayi : stuff, materials, [PraśnUp.]

rayi : v.l. for raji, q.v.

rayi : rayí mfn. (?) rich, [RV. viii, 31, 11]; [ix, 101, 7.]

ni : ní ind. down, back, in, into, within (except, [AV. x, 8, 7] always prefixed either to verbs or to nouns; in the latter case it has also the meaning of negation or privation [cf. ‘down-hearted’ = heartless]; sometimes w.r. for nis)

ni : it may also express kṣepa, dāna, upa-rama, ā-śraya, mokṣa &c., [L.]

ni : [cf. Zd. ni; Gk. ἐ-νί; Slav. ni-zu; Germ., ni-dar, ni-der, nieder; Angl.Sax. ni-ther, Eng. ne-ther, be-neath.]

ni : (for nī) mfn. See ṛta-ní.

ni : (in music) the 7th note (for niṣadha).

dhāraya : mfn. holding, bearing &c. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 138])

dhāraya : owing a sum (gen.) to (dat.), [L.]

dhṛ : cl. 1. P. Ā. dharati, °te ([Dhātup. xxii, 3]; Ā. Pot. dhareran, [ĀpŚr.]), but more commonly in the same sense the Caus. form dhārayati, °te (perf. P. dādhā́ra or dadhā́ra, °dhártha [Impv. dadhartu, [AV.Paipp.]]; Ā. dadhré, 3. pl. °dhriré, [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. adhāram, [R.]; adhṛta, dhṛthās, [AV.]; ádīdharat, [RV.] &c. &c. [dīdhar, didhṛtam, °ta, [RV.]; 3. pl. °rata, [ŚBr.]]; adhārṣīt Gr.; fut. dhariṣyati, [MBh.]; °ṣyé, [AV.]; dhartā, [BhP.]; inf. dhartum, [Kāv.], °tavai, [Br.] [dhartári See under °tṛ]; ind.p. dhṛtvā, -dhṛtya, [Br.]) to hold, bear (also bring forth), carry, maintain, preserve, keep, possess, have, use, employ, practise, undergo, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with or scil. ātmānam, jīvitam, prāṇān, deham, śarīram &c.) to preserve soul or body, continue living, survive, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (esp. fut. dhariṣyati; cf. Pass. below); to hold back, keep down, stop, restrain, suppress, resist, [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to place or fix in, bestow or confer on (loc.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c.; to destine for (dat.; Ā. also to be destined for or belong to), [RV.]; to present to (gen.), [Kāraṇḍ.]; to direct or turn (attention, mind, &c.) towards, fix or resolve upon (loc. or dat.), [Up.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; Ā. to be ready or prepared for, [ŚBr.]; P. Ā. to owe anything (acc.) to (dat. or gen.), [MBh.] (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 4, 35]); to prolong (in pronunciation), [AitBr.]; [RPrāt.]; to quote, cite, [L.]; (with garbham) to conceive, be pregnant (older °bham-√ bhṛ), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with daṇḍam) to inflict punishment on (loc.), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.] (also damam); (with keśān, or śmaśru) to let the hair or beard grow, [MBh.]; (with raśmīn [[ib.]] or praharān [[Śak.]]) to draw the reins tight; (with dharamam) to fulfil a duty, [R.]; (with vratám) to observe or keep a vow, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with dhāraṇām) to practise self-control, [Yājñ.]; (wit. ipas) to perform penance, [BhP.]; (with mūrdhnā or °dhni, śirasā or °si) to bear on the head, honour highly, [Kāv.]; (with or scil. tulayā) to hold in a balance, weigh, measure, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (with or scil. manasā) to bear in mind, recollect, remember, [ib.]; (with samaye) to hold to an agreement, cause to make a compact, [Pañc. i, 125/126] (B. dṛṣṭvā for dhṛtvā) : Pass. dhriyáte (ep. also °yati; pf. dadhré &c. = Ā.; aor. adhāri) to be borne &c.; to be firm, keep steady, [RV.] &c. &c.; continue living, exist, remain, [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (also dhāryate, [R.]); to begin, resolve upon, undertake (dat.; acc. or inf.), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ChUp.] : Caus. dhāráyati, °te See above: Desid. didhīrṣati (see °ṣā), didhariṣate, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 75]; didhārayiṣati, to wish to keep up or preserve (ātmānam), [Gobh. iii, 5, 30] : Intens. dárdharti ([RV.]) and dādharti (3. pl. °dhrati, [TS.]; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65]) to hold fast, bear firmly, fasten.

dhṛ : [cf. Zd. dar ; Gk. θρόνος, θρᾶ-νος, θρή-σασθαι; Lat. frē-tus, frē-num.]

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.]

sahasrin : sahasrín mfn. numbering a thousand, thousandfold, [RV.]; [BhP.]

sahasrin : gaining a thousand, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]

sahasrin : containing a thousand different things, [RV.]

sahasrin : having a thousand (also ifc.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.

sahasrin : paying a thousand (Paṇas as a fine), [Mn. viii, 376]

sahasrin : consisting of a thousand soldiers, [L.]

sahasrin : amounting to a thousand (as a fine), [MW.]

sahasrin : sahasrín m. a body of a thousand men &c., [W.]

sahasrin : the commander of a thousand, [ib.]

purūvasu : purū—vásu mfn. abounding in goods or riches, [RV.]; [AitBr.]

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.]