vācaka वाचक – designating; expressive
adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary adjective
designating; expressive
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Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
vācaka ·f. °cikā a. speaking, saying, expressing (gen. or --°); m. speaker, reciter. Abstr. °tā f., °tva n.
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
Vācaka, as, ā, am, speaking, declaratory, expla- natory, expressive of, significant, expressing, signifying; verbal, expressed by words; (as), m. a speaker, reader; a significant sound, word; a messenger.
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
vācaka (von vac) nom. ag. (f. vācikā) 1〉 sprechend, sagend: yathārthasya Spr. 467. ānanaṃ valguvācakam (valgūni vācakāni yasmin Comm.) BHĀG. P. 4,25,31. Sprecher, der Vortragende, Hersager MBH. 18,213. MBH. 18,229. MBH. 18,231 (= HARIV. 16141. HARIV. 16159. HARIV. 16161.) R. 7,111,7. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 30,b,19. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 253. sprechend —, handelnd über, aussagend: brahmādīnāṃ vācako 'yaṃ mantraḥ WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 288. sarvavācyasya ebend. und WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 291. BHĀG. P. 12,6,41. praṇavaṃ vācakaṃ matvā vācyaṃ brahmeti niścitaḥ HARIV. 14695. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 341. adhyātma˚ (parvan) MBH. 1,354. — 2〉 ausdrückend, bezeichnend YOGAS. 1,27. śabdo 'pi vācakastadvallakṣako vyañjakastathā SĀH. D. 31 (daher vācakaḥ = śabdaḥ AK. 1,1,5,2. TRIK. 1,1,118). Verz. d. Oxf. H. 177,b, No. 403. Verz. d. Oxf. H. H. 230,a,15. Verz. d. Oxf. H. H. 230,a,14. SARVADARŚANAS. 50,21. SARVADARŚANAS. 51,7. SARVADARŚANAS. 141,10. SARVADARŚANAS. 146,11. kriyā˚ ṚV. PRĀT. 12,8. akṣayya˚ MBH. 1,7868. MBH. 5,2563. AK. 1,1,4,5. AK. 3,4,32 (28), 13. AK. 3,3,5,15. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 354. H. 15. H. 568. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 22,b,44. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 201,b, No. 483. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 230,a,14. PAÑCAR. 1,2,58. KUSUM. 55,12. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 97. Comm. zu JAIM. 1,1,2. sarvāścaikārthavācikāḥ Verz. d. Oxf. H. 56,a,3. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 56,a,4. arthasṛṣṭirvācyā śabdasṛṣṭistu vācakā (!) WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 336. — Vgl. guṇa˚, paryāya˚ (auch SUŚR. 1,320,18), plakṣasamudravācakā, svastivācaka.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective
Original text · German · adjective
vācaka Adj. (f. ˚cikā, fehlerhaft vācakā) — 1〉 Etwas (Gen.) sagend, sprechend; m. Sprecher, der Vortragende, Hersager HEMĀDRI 1,541,3. — 2〉 sprechend —, handelnd über, aussagend Etwas (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — 3〉 ausdrückend, bezeichnend.
Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine
Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine
vācaka a. [vac-ṇvul] 1 Speaking, declaring, explanatory. 2 Expressing, signifying, denoting directly (as a word, distinguished from lākṣaṇika and vyaṃjaka); sākṣātsaketitaṃ yorthamabhidhatte sa vācakaḥ K. P. 2. 3 Verbal. — kaḥ 1 A speaker. 2 A ([Page 0957-a]) reader. 3 A significant word. 4 A messenger. Comp. — padaṃ a significant word.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
vācaka, f. ˚cikā sprechend, handelnd über, aussagend, bezeichnend (Gen. o. —˚); m. Sprecher, Hersager. Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.
Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine
Original text · French · substantive masculine
vācaka m. mot.
Occurrences in source texts (5)
GoS 1 occurrence
HP 3 occurrences
PYS 1 occurrence
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