vāc वाच् – speech

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vā́c ·f. speech, voice, sound, word, language, discourse; also speech personif. or the goddess of speech, Sarasvatī.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

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.]

Original text · German · substantive feminine

√vāc (von vac) f. UṆĀDIS. 2,57. P. 3,2,178, Vārtt. 1. VOP. 26,71. 1〉 Sprache, Stimme, Rede, Wort, Aussage; Laut, Ton AK. 1,1,5,1. AK. 1,1,5,18. H. 241. H. an. 1,7. MED. c. 9. HALĀY. 1,8. HALĀY. 5,48. HALĀY. 5,68. HALĀY. 5,83. ṚV. 1,164,34. ṚV. 1,164,37. vācàṃ vācaṃ jari̱tū ra̱tninī̀ṃ kṛtam ṚV. 182,4. ṚV. 4,57,5. vā̱co ma̱tiṃ sahàsaḥ sū̱navè bhare ṚV. 1,143,1. vi yadvācàṃ kī̱stāso̱ bharànte ṚV. 6,67,10. ṚV. 7,22,3. pra vò deva̱trā vācàṃ kṛṇudhvam ṚV. 7,34,9. iyàrti̱ vācàm ṚV. 2,42,1. u̱bhe vācaù vadati ṚV. 2,43,1. pra dū̱tamìva̱ vācàmiṣye ṚV. 4,33,1. ti̱sro vāca̱ḥ pra vàda ṚV. 7,101,1. ṚV. 8,5,3. pra̱tīcī̀ṃ jagrabhā̱ vācàm ṚV. 10,18,14. asu̱ṃ vāgapì gacchatu AV. 2,12,8. AV. 10,2,7. yaṃ yācā̀mya̱haṃ vā̱cā saràsvatyā mano̱yujā̀ AV. 5,7,5. cakṣùṣā̱ manàsā vā̱cā AV. 6,96,3. AV. 7,70,1. vā̱co madhù AV. 12,1,16. VS. 3,47. ṛtviyā ṚV. 1,190,2. nityā ṚV. 8,64,6. madhumatī AV. 3,30,2. anuditā AV. 5,1,2. bhargasvatī AV. 6,69,2. devī AV. 8,1,3. vicakṣaṇavatī AIT. BR. 1,6. anudyamānā ŚAT. BR. 4,2,2,11. pūtā ŚAT. BR. 13,2,9,9. apūtā AIT. BR. 7,27. vācaṃ yacchati ŚAT. BR. 2,4,1,6 (vgl. u. yam). visṛjeta KĀTY. ŚR. 2,4,7. vadet TS. 2,1,2,6. purā vāgbhyaḥ pravaditoḥ PAÑCAV. BR. 21,3,5. KĀTY. ŚR. 9,1,10. paśūnāṃ vāca ājānāti PAÑCAV. BR. 10,2,7. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,10,9. vāgdevebhyo yajñaṃ vahati ŚAT. BR. 1,4,4,2. vāṅmà ā̱sanna̱soḥ prā̱ṇaḥ TS. 5,5,9,2. vāgdhyevaitatsarvaṃ yatstrī pumānnapuṃsakaṃ vācā hyevaitatsarvamāptam ŚAT. BR. 10,5,1,3. saptadhā vāgavadat AIT. BR. 2,17. tredhāvihitā ŚAT. BR. 10,5,1,2. der Steine ṚV. 10,94,1. der Trommel AV. 5,20,1. AV. 5,20,4. PAÑCAV. BR. 6,5,12. übertragen auf die Zunge ŚAT. BR. 8,5,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 10,5,2,15. eṣā vāva pratyakṣaṃ vāgyajjihvā PAÑCAV. BR. 20,14,3. — tapo vācaṃ ratiṃ caiva kāmaṃ ca krodhameva ca . sṛṣṭiṃ sasarja caivemāṃ sraṣṭumicchannimāḥ prajāḥ .. Sprache M. 1,25. M. 2,90. mleccha˚, ārya˚ adjj. M. 10,45. SĀṂKHYAK. 26. SĀṂKHYAK. 34. BHĀG. P. 3,26,13. manuṣyavācā RAGH. 2,33. yāmimāṃ puṣpitāṃ vācaṃ pravadantyavipaścitaḥ Rede, Worte BHAG. 2,42. madhurā ślakṣṇā M. 2,159. veṣavāgbuddhisārūpya M. 4,18. vāgdaṇḍayośca pāruṣye M. 8,72. vācā dāruṇayā kṣipan M. 270. vākchastraṃ vai brāhmaṇasya M. 11,33. pavitraṃ viduṣāṃ hi vāk Rede, Ausspruch M. 11,85. sahobhau caratāṃ dharmamiti vācānubhāṣya M. 3,30. MBH. 1,5973. vācaṃ vyājahāra MBH. 3,2091. vāgbhirabhinandya MBH. 3,2223. MBH. 3,3045. R. 1,62,19. (bharatam) tuṣṭuvurvāgviśeṣajñāḥ stavairmaṅgalasaṃhitaiḥ R. 2,81,1. sūnṛtā Spr. 1047. Spr. 2768. satyapūtāṃ vadedvācam Spr. 1232. Spr. 1553. fg. vācā duruktam, vākkṣatam Spr. 2647. vāksāyakāḥ Spr. 2767. vācyarthā niyatāḥ sarve vāṅmūlā vāgviniḥsṛtāḥ . tāṃ tu yaḥ stenayedvācaṃ sa sarvasteyakṛnnaraḥ .. Spr. 4981. vāgarthauviva saṃpṛktau RAGH. 1,1. vāgarthaṃ parigṛhya DHŪRTAS. 85,9. praviśetyaśṛṇodvācam KATHĀS. 18,211. daivī ein königliches Wort RĀJA-TAR. 5,205. manye tvāṃ viṣaye vācāṃ snātamanyatra cchāndasāt auf dem ganzen Gebiete der Rede BHĀG. P. 1,4,13. vācāṃ vaicitryam HIT. Pr. 2. lalitamadhurā vākpratyakṣe parokṣavighātinī VET. in LA. (III) 30,5. vācamādade RAGH. 1,59. vācaṃ dā die Rede richten an (dat.) ŚĀK. 132. vācaṃ na miśrayati yadyapi me vacobhiḥ ŚĀK. 30. niyamya vācam M. 2,185. M. 2,192. M. 4,49. mṛdu˚ adj. M. 9,335. anṛta˚ adj. R. 1,6,15. vāgbāhūdarasaṃyata M. 4,175. karmaṇā manasā vācā Spr. 2445. vāṅmanaḥkarmajaiḥ pāpaiḥ Spr. 4977. manovāgdehajaiḥ karmadoṣaiḥ M. 1,104. fg. M. 5,165. M. 9,29. fg. M. 12,3. manovāṅmūrtibhiḥ M. 11,231. M. 11,241. vāci, cetasi Spr. 1974. bālavṛddhāturāṇāṃ ca sākṣyeṣu vadatāṃ mṛṣā . jānīyādasthirāṃ vācamutsiktamanasāṃ tathā .. Aussage M. 8,71. M. 8,81. M. 8,103. vedasyāpauruṣeyatvavāco yuktirna yuktā Behauptung SARVADARŚANAS. 129,3. vāṅmātra M. 4,30. Spr. 2769. PAÑCAT. 78,7. vācaṃ vā ko vijānāti punaḥ saṃśrutya saṃśrutām Stimme YĀJÑ. 3,150. VS. PRĀT. 1,9. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,101. bāṣpakalayā vācā MBH. 3,2267. MBH. 3,2321. MBH. 3,2458. ślakṣṇayā vācā MBH. 3,2771. MBH. 3,2940. dīnayā vācā MBH. 5,7327. vāguvācāśarīriṇī R. 1,1,81. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 320. LA. (III) 92,1. vāgabhūttatra mānuṣī R. 2,63,24. fg. ityuktvā virarāma vāk KATHĀS. 18,316. vāgamānuṣī VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,92. pūrvaṃ carati deveṣu paścādgacchati mānuṣān . nācoditā vāgvadati satyā hyeṣā sarasvatī .. Orakelstimme VARĀH. BṚH. S. 98. sārasāḥ — vadanti madhurā vācaḥ Laute, Töne MBH. 3,11612. sārasāśca mayūrāśca vāco muñcanti dāruṇāḥ MBH. 6,62. śakuniḥ putra putreti bhāṣate . madhurāṃ karuṇāṃ vācam R. 2,96,12. śivāścāpyaśivā vācaḥ pravadanti mahāsvanāḥ R. 6,16,11. pakṣiṇāṃ susvarā vācaḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 22,6. Spr. 4683. eines Esels KATHĀS. 62,18. ulūkavāgbhiḥ BHĀG. P. 5,13,5. rakṣāṃsi vividhā vāco visṛjanti mahāvane R. 3,51,20. — vācā satye kṛte so v. a. wenn das Wort gegeben worden ist, wenn die Verlobung stattgefunden hat M. 9,69. vācā tenopakośā ca prāgdharmabhaginī kṛtā so v. a. ausdrücklich KATHĀS. 4,96. īdṛktu vācā niyamo grāhyaḥ saṃbandhinā tvayā KATHĀS. 17,83. Man findet zahlreiche Allegorien, z. B. TS. 2,5,11,4. TS. 6,4,7,3. KĀṬH. 12,5. KĀṬH. 27,1. AIT. BR. 5,25. ŚAT. BR. 1,4,5,8. ŚAT. BR. 1,5,4,6. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,1,8. ŚAT. BR. 3,5,1,18. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 7,5,2,6. am verbreitetsten die Legende von der Sendung der Vāc zu den Gandharva AIT. BR. 1,27. TS. 6,1,6,5. ŚAT. BR. 3,2,4,3. KĀṬH. 24,1. vācaḥ sāma N. verschiedener Sāman PAÑCAV. BR. 12,5,12. Ind. St. 3,234,a. vāco vratam N. eines Sāman Ind. St. ebend. vācaḥ stomaḥ N. eines Ekāha ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 15,11,2. KĀTY. ŚR. 22,6,24. — 2〉 personificirt, übrigens in unbestimmter Weise als Vāc Āmbhṛṇī im Liede ṚV. 10,125. ANUKR. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,33. als die Stimme des mittleren Gebietes, oft bei Comm. zur Erklärung gebraucht NAIGH. 5,5. NIR. 11,27. NIR. 10,46. NIR. 12,10. = bhāratī, sarasvatī H. an. MED. praṇamya vācam KATHĀS. 1,3. als Tochter Dakṣaʼs und Gattin Kaśyapaʼs VP. 122, N. 19. — 3〉 defectiv für vāṅnidhana LĀṬY. 6,9,8. LĀṬY. 7,8,5. LĀṬY. 7,13,7. — Vgl. a˚, adrogha˚, anṛta˚, abhaya˚ (unter abhaya 4,a), āpta˚, durvāc, nirvāc, puruṣa˚, pra˚, prati˚, priya˚, bhadra˚, madhura˚, mita˚, mithyā˚, mṛdhra˚, satya˚, su˚, sūkta˚.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vā́c f. — 1〉 Sprache (auch der Thiere), Stimme (auch so v. a. Orakelstimme), Laut, Ton (auch unbelebter Dinge). — 2〉 Rede, Wort, Aussage, Ausspruch, Behauptung. vācaṃ dā die Rede richten an (Dat.). vācā auch so v. a. ausdrücklich; vācā satyaṃ kar ausdrücklich Etwas versprechen, so v. a. eine Verlobung veranstalten. — 3〉 Zunge. — 4〉 vācaḥ sāma und vāco vratam Name verschiedener Sāman ĀRṢ. BR. — 5〉 vācaḥ stomaḥ ein best. Ekāha. — 6〉 die Rede personificirt in unbestimmter Weise, aber auch als Göttin = Sarasvatī und als eine Tochter Dakṣaʼs und Gattin Kaśyapaʼs. — 7〉 defectiv für vāṅnidhana.

Original text · English · substantive feminine

vāc f. [vac-kvip dīrgho'saṃprasāraṇaṃ ca Uṇ. 2. 67] 1 A word, sound, an expression (opp. artha); vāgarthāviva saṃpṛktau vāgarthapratipattaye R. 1. 1. 2 Words, talk, language, speech; vāci puṇyāpuṇyahetavaḥ Māl. 4; laukikānāṃ hi sādhūnāmarthaṃ vāganuvartate . ṛṣīṇāṃ punarādyānāṃ vācamarthonudhāvati U. 1. 10; viniścitārthāmiti vācamādade Ki. 1. 3 ‘spoke these words’, ‘spoke as follows’; R. 1. 49; Śi. 2. 13, Śi. 2. 23; Ku. 2. 3. 3 A voice, sound; aśarīriṇī vāgudacarat U. 2; manuṣyāvācā R. 2. 33. 4 An assertion, a statement. 5 An assurance, a promise. 6 A phrase, proverb, saying. 7 N. of Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech. Comp. — apahārakaḥ (vāga-pahārakaḥ) a ‘stealer of speech’, a reader of prohibited texts. — arthaḥ (vāgarthaḥ) a word and its meaning; R. 1. 1; see above. — asiḥ cutting speech (cutting like a sword); sphurannasādhorvivṛṇeti vāgasiḥ Ki. 14. 12. — āḍaṃbaraḥ (vāgāḍaṃbaraḥ) verbosity, bombast. — ātman a. (vāgātman) consisting of words; ṛṣe prabuddhosi vāgātmani brahmaṇi U. 2. — īśaḥ (vāgīśaḥ) 1 an orator, an eloquent man. 2 an epithet of Bṛhaspati, the preceptor of the gods. 3 an epithet of Brahman; Ku. 2. 3. 4 the lunar mansion called Puṣya. — (śā) N. of Sarasvatī. — īśvaraḥ (vāgīśvaraḥ) 1 an orator, eloquent man. 2 an epithet of Brahman. — (rī) Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech. — ṛṣabhaḥ ( vāgṛṣabhaḥ) ‘eminent in speech’, an eloquent or learned man. — kalahaḥ ( vākkalahaḥ) a quarrel, strife. — kīraḥ ( vākkīraḥ) a wife's brother. — gudaḥ ( vāggudaḥ) a kind of bird. — guṇaḥ ( vāgguṇaḥ) a merit or excellence of speech; (35 such merits are enumerated by Hemacandra). — guliḥ, — gulikaḥ (vāgguliḥ &c.) the betelbearer of a king &c.; cf. tāṃbūlakarakaṃvāhin. — capala a. (vākcapala) chattering, frivolous or inconsiderate in talk. — cāpalyaṃ (vākcāpalyaṃ) idle or frivolous talk, chattering, gossiping. — chalaṃ (vākchalaṃ) ‘dishonesty in words’, an evasive reply, ([Page 0956-b]) a prevarication; etāvadevāsti me vākchalaṃ Mu. 2; kenedamamṛtaṃ me vākchalādvṛṣṭaṃ K. 330. — jālaṃ (vāgjālaṃ) bombast, empty talk; anirloḍitakāryasya vāgjālaṃ vāgmino vṛthā Śi. 2. 27. — ḍaṃbaraḥ (vāgḍaṃbaraḥ) 1 bombast. 2 eloquent language. — daṃḍaḥ (vāgdaṃḍaḥ) 1 reproachful words, reprimand, reproof. 2 restraint of speech, control over words; cf. tridaṃḍa. — datta (vāgdatta) a. promised, affianced, betrothed. — (ttā) an affianced or betrothed virgin. — daridra (vāgdaridra) a. ‘poor in words’, i. e. speaking little. — dalaṃ (vāgdalaṃ) a lip. — dānaṃ (vāgdānaṃ) betrothal. — duṣṭa a. (vāgduṣṭa) 1 abusive, scurrilous, using abusive words. 2 using ungrammatical language. — (ṣṭaḥ) 1 a defamer. 2 a Brāhmaṇa not invested with the sacred thread at the proper time of his life. — devatā, -devī ( vāgdevatā, vāgdevī) Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech; vāgdevatāyāḥ sāṃmukhyamādhatte S. D. 1. ˚kulaṃ science, learning. — doṣaḥ (vāgdoṣaḥ) 1 the utterance of a (disagreeable) sound; dvīpicarmaparicchanno vāgdoṣād gardabho hataḥ H. 3. 2 abuse, defamation. 3 an ungrammatical speech. — nibaṃdhana ( vāgnibaṃdhana) a. depending on words. — niścayaḥ (vāṅniścayaḥ) affiance by word of mouth, marriage contract. — niṣṭhā (vāṅniṣṭhā) faithfulness (to one's word or promise). — paṭu a. (vākpaṭu) skilful in speech, eloquent. — pati a. (vākpati) eloquent; oratorical. — (tiḥ) 1 N. of Bṛhaspati (in this sense vācasāṃpatiḥ is also used). 2 the constellation Puṣya. — pāruṣyaṃ (vākpāruṣyaṃ) 1 severity of language. 2 violence in words, abusive or scurrilous language, defamation. — pracodanaṃ (vākpracodanaṃ) an order expressed in words. — pratodaḥ (vākpratodaḥ) ‘the goad of words’, goading or taunting language. — pralāpaḥ ( vākpralāpaḥ) eloquence. — baṃdhanaṃ (vāgbaṃdhanaṃ) stopping the speech, silencing; Amaru. 13. — manasa n. dual ( vāṅmanasī in Vedic language) speech and mind; athainaṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ stutyamavāṅmanasagocaraṃ R. 10. 15. — mātraṃ (vāḍamātraṃ) mere words. — mukhaṃ (vāṅmukha) the beginning or introduction of a speech, an exordium, a preface. ([Page 0956-c]) — yata a. (vāgyata) one who has controlled or curbed his speech, silent. — yamaḥ (vāgyamaḥ) one who has controlled his speech, a sage. — yāmaḥ (vāgyāmaḥ) a dumb man. — yuddhaṃ ( vāgyuddhaṃ) a war of words, (hot) debate or discussion, controversy. — rodhaḥ ( vāgrodhaḥ) stopping the speech, silencing. — vajraḥ (vāgvajraḥ) 1 adamantine words; ahaha dāruṇo vāgvajraḥ U. 1. 2 harsh or severe language. — vidagdha a. (vāgvidagdha) skilled in speech. — (gdhā) a sweetspeaking or fascinating woman. — vibhavaḥ (vāgvibhavaḥ) stock or provision of words, power of description, command of language; nāsti me vāgvibhavaḥ praśaṃsituṃ V. 3; raghūṇāmanvayaṃ vakṣye tanuvāgvibhave'pi san R. 1. 9, Māl. 1. 26. — vilāsaḥ (vāgvilāsaḥ) graceful or elegant speech. — vyavahāraḥ ( vāgvyavahāraḥ) verbal or oral discussion; prayogapradhānaṃ hi nāṭyaśāstraṃ kimatra vāgvyavahāreṇa M. 1. — vyayaḥ (vāgvyayaḥ) waste of words or breath. — vyāpāraḥ ( vāgvyāpāraḥ) 1 the manner of speaking. 2 the style or habit of speaking. 3 customary phraseology or mode of talking. — saṃyamaḥ (vāksaṃyamaḥ) restraint or control of speech.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

vā́c f. Sprache, Stimme, Laut, Rede, Wort, Aussage, Gebet, Lied; die Rede personif., auch = Sarasvatī.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

vāc vāc f. (vac) parole, langage, discours; Vd. la parole sainte, l'hymne; Sarasvatī. Qqf. dicton, adage. Lat. vox; gr. ὄψ ?. — vācas pati et vācasām pati Bṛhaspati. vācaka m. mot. vācayāmi (c. de vac) faire dire, faire parler, faire réciter. Qqf. dire, raconter. vācā f. discours. vācāṭa a. loquace. vācāla a. (sfx. ala) loquace.