speech, voice, talk, language, discourse, speaking, a word, saying, phrase, proverb, assertion, asseveration, assurance, promise, sound, or the goddess Sarasvati
वाच् (vāc) [Printed book page 0900-b] वाच् (vāc) vāc, k, f. (fr. rt.
vac), speech, voice, talk,
language, discourse, speaking (often at end of comps.,
cf.
anṛta-v°, duṣṭa-v°); a word, saying, phrase,
proverb; assertion, asseveration, assurance, promise
[cf.
abhaya-v°]; voice, sound; N. of Sarasvatī, goddess
of speech, (in the Veda and Brāhmaṇas Vāc or Speech
is herself the goddess, and is represented as created
by Prajā-pati and married to him; one of the hymns
of the Ṛg-veda [X. 125] is attributed to this goddess
under the title of Vāc Āmbhṛṇī; in other places she
is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra;
cf. Taittirīya-Br. II. 8, 8, 5, Śatapatha-Br. VII. 5, 2,
52); [cf. Lat. voc-s; Gr. ὄπ-ς.]
—Vāk-kalaha, am, n. ‘speech-strife,’ quarrel, dispute.
—Vāk-kīra, as, m. a wife's brother, (said to be fr.
vāc, speech,
and
kīra, a parrot.)
—Vāk-capala, as, ā, am, frivolous or inconsistent in speech, an idle or careless
talker, chattering, impertinent.
—Vāk-cāpalya, am, n. frivolity of speech, gossiping, chattering, idle or
improper talk.
—Vāk-chala, am, n. ‘fraud in speech,’
prevarication, equivocation.
—Vāk-chalānvita (°la- an°), as, ā, am, equivocating, evasive.
—Vāk-paṭu, us, us, u, skilled in speech, eloquent.
—Vākpaṭu-tā, f. or
vākpaṭu-tva, am, n. skill or ability in speech,
eloquence.
—Vāk-pati, is, is, i, eloquent; (
is), m.
‘lord of speech,’ N. of Vṛhas-pati.
—Vākpati-rāja, as, m., N. of a poet.
—Vāk-patha, as, ā, am, suitable or seasonable for discourse.
—Vāk-pāruṣya, am, n. harshness or severity of language; violence in
words, abusive or contumelious language, scurrility,
defamation.
—Vāk-pracodana, am, n. a command
expressed in words; (
āt), ind. at the words of com-
mand, in obedience to an order.
—Vāk-pratoda, as, m. goading words, cutting or taunting language.
—Vāk-pralāpa, as, m. eloquence.
—Vāk-prasā- rin, ī, iṇī, i, Ved. spreading out or abounding in
speech, eloquent.
—Vāk-saṃyama, as, m. restraint
or control of speech, modesty.
—Vāg-apahāraka, as, m. a stealer of words or books; a reader of pro-
hibited works or passages.
—Vāg-artha, au, m. du.
a word and its sense (between which, according to
the Mīmāṃsā, there is an eternal connection).
—Vāg- asi, is, f. ‘speech-sword,’ sharp or cutting speech.
—Vāg-āḍambara, as, m. ‘confused sound of words,’
bombast.
—Vāg-īśa, as, ā, am, one who is a master
of language, eloquent; (
as), m. an orator, author,
poet, &c. an epithet of Vṛhas-pati, the preceptor of
the gods; of Brahmā; (
ā), f. the goddess of speech or
eloquence, Sarasvatī.
—Vāg-īśvara, as, m. a master of
language, an orator, learned man; (with Buddhists) a
deified sage (
= Mañju-ghoṣa); Brahmā; the author
of the Māna-manohara; (
ī), f. Sarasvatī (goddess
of speech).
—Vāg-uttara, am, n. speech and reply.
—Vāg-ṛṣabha, as, m. any one eminent in speech,
an eloquent or learned man.
—Vāgṛṣabha-tva, am, n. eminence or excellence in speaking, eloquence,
learning, erudition.
—Vāg-guda, as, m. a sort of
bird.
—Vāg-guli, is, m. the betel-bearer (of a king
or prince &c.).
—Vāggulika, as, m. a betel-bearer.
—Vāg-ghasta-vat, ān, atī, at (i. e.
vāc + hasta),
possessed of speech and hands.
—Vāg-jāla, am, n.
‘multitude of words,’ bombast.
—Vāg-ḍambara, as, m. graceful or eloquent language.
—Vāg-daṇḍa, as, m. ‘speech-assault,’ abusive or scurrilous language,
reproof, reprimand; speech-control, restraint of speech
(Manu XII. 10).
—Vāg-daṇḍa-ja, as, ā, am, spring-
ing from scurrilous language and open assault (Manu
VII. 48).
—Vāg-datta, as, ā, am, ‘given by word
of mouth, ‘promised; (
ā), f. a betrothed virgin.
—Vāg-daridra, as, ā, am, poor in speech, of few
words, speaking little or humbly, speaking guardedly.
—Vāg-dala, am, n. ‘speech-leaf,’ a lip.
—Vāg- dāna, am, n. ‘gift by word of mouth,’ the promise
of a maiden in marriage.
—Vāg-duṣṭa, as, ā, am, speaking ill or abusively, abusive, scurrilous; speak-
ing ungrammatically; (
as), m. a rude or scurrilous
speaker, defamer; a Brāhman who has past the
proper time of life without investiture with the
sacred thread, &c.
—Vāg-devatā, f. ‘speech-divinity,’
epithet of Sarasvatī.
—Vāg-devī, f. ‘the goddess of
speech or eloquence, ‘epithet of Sarasvatī.
—Vāgdevī- Page0900-c+ 81 kula, am, n. ‘the family of Sarasvatī,’ science, learn-
ing, eloquence.
—Vāg-daivatya, as, ā, am, having
speech for a divinity, sacred to Sarasvatī.
—Vāg- doṣa, as, m. ‘speech-vice,’ the act of speaking ill,
defamation, abuse; ungrammatical speech; uttering
a disagreeable sound.
—Vāg-bandhana, am, n.
‘speech-binding,’ the stopping of speech, silencing.
—Vāg-bhaṭa, as, m., N. of the author of the
Vāgbhaṭālaṅkāra, a work on rhetoric; of the author
of the Aṣṭāṅga-hṛdaya-saṃhitā.
—Vāg-bhaṭṭa, as, m. a proper N.
—Vāg-manasa, see
vāṅ-manasa. —Vāg-mūla, as, ā, am, having root or origin in
speech.
—Vāg-yata, as, ā, am, reserved in speech,
taciturn, silent.
—Vāg-yāma, as, m. a dumb man,
one silent from necessity.
—Vāg-yuddha, am, n.
war of words, controversy, vehement debate or dis-
cussion.
—Vāg-rodha, as, m. the stopping of speech,
silencing.
—Vāg-vajra, am, n. ‘thunder of words,’
boisterous or harsh language.
—Vāg-vidagdha, as, ā, am, skilled in language, clever in speech; (
ā), f.
a kindly-speaking or fascinating woman.
—Vāg-vi- niḥsṛta, as, ā, am, emitted or put forth by speech.
—Vāg-vilāsa, as, m. graceful or elegant speech.
—Vāg-vyaya, as, m. expenditure of words or
speech, waste of breath.
—Vāg-vyāpāra, as, m.
manner of speaking, style or habit of speech; cus-
tomary phraseology.
—Vāṅ-niścaya, as, m. ‘speech-
settlement, ‘marriage contract, affiance by word of
mouth.
—Vāg-niṣṭhā, f. abiding by one's words,
punctuality in fulfilling a promise, faithfulness.
—Vāṅ- matī, f., N. of a sacred stream (said to be situated
on the summit of the Himālaya).
—Vāṅ-madhura, as, ā, am, sweet in speech.
—Vāṅ-manasa, am, n.
or
e, n. du. speech and mind.
—Vāṅ-maya, as, ī, am, relating to speech; endowed with speech; con-
sisting of words; eloquent, rhetorical; (
ī), f. the
goddess Sarasvatī; (
am), n. speech, language;
eloquence; rhetoric.
—Vāṅmayādhikṛta-tā, f.
the state of presiding over eloquence (said of the
goddess of speech).
—Vāṅ-mātra, am, n. mere
words, words alone, only speech.
—Vāṅ-mukha, am, n. the opening or commencement of a speech, an
exordium.
—Vācaṃ-yama, as, m. ‘speech-restrainer,’
a sage who practises rigid taciturnity.
—Vācam- īṅkhaya, as, ā, am, Ved. ‘word-moving,’ i. e.
singing a hymn; ‘making a sound,’ epithet of the
Soma.
—Vācasām-pati, is, m. (probably for
vā- cāmpati), ‘lord of speech,’ N. of Vṛhas-pati.
—Vā- cas-pati, is, m. ‘lord of speech,’ N. of Vṛhas-pati
(preceptor of the gods and regent of the planet
Jupiter); N. of a grammarian and lexicographer
(the author of the Adhyāsa-bhāṣya-vyākhyā com-
mentary, also author of a work called Kalpa-taru and
of the Ātaṅka-darpaṇa).
—Vācaspati-govinda, as, m., N. of the author of a commentary on the
Megha-dūta.
—Vācaspati-miśra, as, m., N. of a
celebrated lawyer (the author of several works on
law, among which the Kṛtya-kalpa-latā, the Tīrtha-
cintā-maṇi, the Vivāda-cintā-maṇi, &c. are enume-
rated); of an author of various works, especially of
the Bhāmatī-nibandha and Sāṅkhya-tattva-kaumudī;
of the author of several commentaries.
—Vācas- patya, as, ā, am, declared by Vācas-pati; (
am),
n. fine language, an eloquent speech, harangue.
—Vāco-yukti, is, is, i, possessing fitness or dex-
terity of speech.
—Vācoyukti-paṭu, us, us or
vī, u, skilled in fitness of speech, eloquent.
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