vacana वचन – word; statement; speech
adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive neuter
word; statement; speech
Cappeller 1891 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
vacaná ·a. speaking, eloquent; saying, meaning (--°), abstr. °tāÅ f., °tvaÅ n.; being said by (instr. or --°), abstr. °tvaÅ n. -- n. speaking, pronouncing, sound, voice, utterance, word, speech; affirmation, declaration, mention, statement; command, injunction; counsel, advice, precept, rule; number (g.). -- vacanaṃ kṛ or vacane sthā follow the advice of (gen.); vacanāt (°nena) in the name of (gen. or --°); iti vacanāt as has been said.
Monier-Williams 1872 adjective
Original text · English · adjective
Vacana, as, ā, am, speaking, a speaker, elo- quent (Ved.); to be praised, laudable (Ved.); being pronounced (Ved.); mentioning, indicat- ing, pointing out, signifying (at the end of a comp.); (am), n. the act of speaking or pronounc- ing, speaking, uttering, declaring, ordering, enjoin- ing, declaration, affirmation, promise; pronunciation; the pronunciation of a letter (in grammar); the act of reciting or repeating, recitation; mentioning, naming, being called; a speech, word, expression, utterance, sentence, message; a text, dictum, apho- rism, rule, precept, passage of a sacred book or code of laws; counsel, advice, instruction; proclamation, edict, order, injunction, command, (vacanāt, and less frequently vacanena, ‘in the name of,’ e. g. mama vacanāt, ‘in my name,’ ‘by my order’); sound, voice; the meaning of a word (in grammar); num- ber (in grammar; cf. eka-v˚, dvi-v˚, bahu-v˚); dry ginger.
Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter
vacana (von vac) 1〉 adj. a〉 oxyt. redefertig ṚV. 6,39,1. ṚV. 6,49,12. dakṣa, va˚, ṛkvan ṚV. 10,113,9. — b〉 am Ende eines comp. besagend, bedeutend, ausdrückend: abhijñā˚ P. 3,2,112. bhāvakarma˚ P. 6,2,150. AK. 3,3,2. H. 839. SARVADARŚANAS. 49,6. SARVADARŚANAS. 144,15. SARVADARŚANAS. 160,8. SARVADARŚANAS. 160,9. tadvacanatvāt weil es das besagt KĀTY. ŚR. 1,3,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,8,4. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,9,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 8,3,33. — c〉 ausgesprochen werdend: rakto vacano mukhanāsikābhyām ṚV. PRĀT. 13,6. mukhanāsikāvacanatvamiha raktasya vidhīyate Comm. — 2〉 n. a〉 das Sprechen SĀṂKHYAK. 28. Aussprache: ayathāmātraṃ vacanaṃ svarāṇām ṚV. PRĀT. 14,4. samāpādyānāmante saṃhitāvadvacanam AV. PRĀT. 4,124. mukhanāsikāvacano 'nunāsikaḥ P. 1,1,8. — b〉 das Ansagen, Hersagen, Aussagen: mantra˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 1,7,9. KĀTY. ŚR. 10,2,33. LĀṬY. 7,1,7. LĀṬY. 7,5,7. saṃtānamuttamena vacanena ĀŚV. ŚR. 5,20,5. ĀŚV. ŚR. 5,20,7. tadvacanādāmnāyasya prāmāṇyam (ein berühmter und in seiner Auslegung streitiger Satz; vgl. NĪLAK. 8) KAṆ. 1,1,3. — c〉 Benennung, ausdrückliche Nennung, Bestimmung, Anführung: paśuvacanāt weil es paśu heisst KĀTY. ŚR. 25,9,11. yathāvacanam je nach dem Ausdruck NIR. 1,3. yajeti vacanācchrutiriti AIT. BR. 7,9. ĀŚV. ŚR. 1,1,26. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,5,12. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,7,11. KĀTY. ŚR. 1,5,22. KĀTY. ŚR. 2,7,17. a˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 6,37. avacane wo nichts Besonderes bestimmt ist KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,45. antavacane wenn anta im Text steht KĀTY. ŚR. 3,25. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,5,23. guṇa˚ KĀTY. ŚR. 20,7,20. ˚virodhau Bestimmung und widersprechende Bestimmung KĀTY. ŚR. 1,8,30. ˚pravṛttī KĀTY. ŚR. 4,3,4. iti vacanāt weil es so heisst PĀR. GṚHY. 2,2. YĀJÑ. 3,226. P. 1,2,56. liṭaḥ kidvacanānarthakyam das Erklären des liṭ für kit PAT._zu_P. 1,2,6. īyaso bahuvrīhau puṃvadvacanam Vārtt. zu P. 1,2,48. — d〉 Aussage, Ausspruch, Worte, Rede AK. 1,1,5,1. H. 241. dvaidhe bahūnāṃ vacanaṃ sameṣu guṇināṃ tathā . guṇidvaidhe tu vacanaṃ grāhyaṃ ye guṇavattamāḥ .. YĀJÑ. 2,78. muni˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,99. guru˚ SARVADARŚANAS. 97,1. SARVADARŚANAS. 103,20. SARVADARŚANAS. 160,19. smṛti˚ PAÑCAT. 164,20. idaṃ vacanamabruvan M. 1,1. manovacanakarmabhiḥ M. 2,236. MBH. 3,2162. MBH. 3,2222. MBH. 3,2893. R. 1,8,17. R. 1,8,28 MEGH. 4. MEGH. 29. MEGH. 96. SARVADARŚANAS. 111,11. PAÑCAT. 140,16. etatkāryākṣamāṇāṃ keṣāṃcidālasyavacanam HIT. 6,9. HIT. 18,19. VET. in LA. (III) 4,4. VET. in LA. (III) 7,1. vacanairasatām Spr. 2700. tathya˚ so v. a. Gelöbniss PAÑCAT. 5,1. paruṣa˚ barsche Rede führend VARĀH. BṚH. S. 23,17. asatyavacanā nāryaḥ MBH. 1,3060. ityuktavacanāmetām MBH. 11,596. īṣatpragalbhavacanā SĀH. D. 100.⫽print_change — e〉 Ausspruch so v. a. Rath, Geheiss: vacanaśatamavacanakare naṣṭam Spr. 714. vṛddhānāṃ vacanaṃ grāhyam Spr. 2891. tadasyāpi vacanaṃ saṃgrāhyam PAÑCAT. 158,13. yasya vacanāt HIT. 13,10. HIT. 62,20, v. l. HIT. 72,14. kākavacanena HIT. 23,9. narendravacanāsaktāḥ R. 1,7,9. śreyo me bhartṛvacanaṃ na jīvitamihātmanaḥ R. 3,48,16. brahmaṇo vacanāt MBH. 1,1153. MBH. 1,5574. MBH. 1,6013. MBH. 3,2682. MBH. 3,2853. MBH. 5,6047. R. 1,1,41. R. 1,1,56. R. 1,1,68. R. 1,11,13. R. 2,64,16. piturvacananirdeśāt R. 1,1,24. sthāsyanti vacane tava (vgl. vacanesthita) so v. a. sie werden dir gehorchen R. 2,24,15. mayā kartavyaṃ vacanaṃ pituḥ R. 1,1,14. HIT. 62,19. — f〉 vacanāt und vacanena (selten) so v. a. im Namen von: ārogyaṃ brūhi kausalyām — sītāyāḥ sūta mama ca vacanāt R. 2,52,30. madvacanāt — vandyau pādau mahātmanaḥ R. 2,58,13. MBH. 3,16149. MBH. 5,7510. MṚCCH. 155,12. mamadvacanāducyatāṃ sārathiḥ ŚĀK. 28,18. ŚĀK. 55,9. ŚĀK. 59,15. ŚĀK. 80,23. VIKR. 37,9. MEGH. 99. MĀRK. P. 66,24. bharataḥ kuśalaṃ vācyo vācyo madvacanena ca R. 2,58,18. MBH. 4,229. — g〉 Laut, Stimme: vacanena vyavetānāṃ saṃyogatvaṃ vihanyate Schol. zu AV. PRĀT. 1,101. tadvacanaṃ pratyabhijñāya HIT. 14,20. mṛgekṣaṇābhiḥ — anyabhṛtavalguvacanābhiḥ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,14. madhuravacanā sārikā MEGH. 83. — h〉 grammatische Zahl P. 1,2,51. P. 2,3,46. VOP. 1,11. VOP. 24,6. — i〉 trockener Ingwer ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. a˚, eka˚, dvi˚, paryāya˚, punarvacana, pratikūla˚, prāgvacana, priya˚, bahu˚, buddha˚, bhāva˚, bhinna˚, mūla˚, loka˚, viśeṣa˚, satya˚, su˚.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter
Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter
vacaná — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 redefertig. — b〉 am Ende eines Comp. besagend, bedeutend, ausdrückend. Nom. abstr. ˚tā f. (Chr. 232,22) und ˚tva n. — c〉 ausgesprochen werdend durch (Instr. oder im Comp. vorangehend). Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. — 2〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 das Sprechen. — b〉 Aussprache. — c〉 das Ansagen, Hersagen, Aussagen. — d〉 Benennung, ausdrückliche Nennung, — Erwähnung, Bestimmung, Anführung. iti vacanāt weil es so heisst Chr. 215,1. — e〉 das Etwas (Gen.) für Etwas (im Comp. vorangehend) Erklären, das Erklärtwerden für (vā˚ für facultativ Chr. 239,1). — f〉 Aussage, Ausspruch, Wort, Rede. Bei den Grammatikern der Ausspruch des Lehrers, die von ihm aufgestellte Regel Chr. 233,31. Chr. 234,26. Chr. 235,4. Chr. 237,3. — g〉 Ausspruch, so v. a. Rath, Geheiss. vacanaṃ kar Jmds (Gen.) Rath befolgen, thun was Jmd sagt Chr. 79,8. Chr. 319,31. vacane sthā dass. — h〉 vacanāt und vacanena (seltener) so v. a. im Namen von (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — i〉 Laut, Stimme. — k〉 grammatische Zahl, numerus Chr. 250,13. — l〉 *trockner Ingwer.
Apte 1890 substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive neuter
vacanaṃ [vac-lyuṭ] 1 The act of speaking, uttering, saying. 2 Speech, an utterance, words (spoken), sentence; nanu vaktṛviśeṣaniḥspṛhā guṇagṛhyā vacane vipaścitaḥ Ki. 2. 5; prītaḥ prītipramukhavacanaṃ svāgataṃ vyājahāra Me. 4. 3 Repeating, recitation. 4 A text, dictum, rule, precept, a passage of a sacred book; śāstravacanaṃ, śrutivacanaṃ, smṛtivacanaṃ &c. 5 An order, a command, direction; madvacanāt ‘in my name,’ ‘by my order.’ 6 Advice, counsel, instruction. 7 Declaration, affirmation. 8 Pronunciation (of a letter) (in gram.). 9 The signification or meaning of a word; atra payodharaśabdaḥ meghavacanaḥ. 10 Number (in gram.); (there are three numbers, singular, dual and plural). 11 Dry ginger. Comp. — upakramaḥ introduction, exordium. — kara a. obedient, doing what is ordered. — (raḥ) the author or enunciator of a rule or precept. — kārin a. obeying orders, obedient. — kramaḥ discourse. — grāhin a. obedient, compliant, submissive. — paṭu a. eloquent. — mātraṃ mere words, unsupported assertion. — virodhaḥ inconsistency of precepts, contradiction or incongruity of texts. — śataṃ a hundred speeches, i. e. repeated declaration, reiterated assertion. — sahāyaḥ a companion in conversation. — sthita a. (vacanesthita also) obedient, compliant.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
vacaná redend, redefertig; (—˚) bezeichnend, ausdrückend (Abstr. ˚tā f., ˚tva n.), ausgedrückt werdend durch (Instr. 0. —˚) n. das Sprechen, Aussprache, Be- nennung, Bestimmung; Ausspruch, Regel (g.); Rat, Geheiß, Befehl; Zahl, Numerus (g.). vacanaṃ kar o. ˚ne kthā jemds. Rat o. Befehl befolgen. vacanāt u. vacanena auf Befehl o. im Namen von (Gen. o. —˚).
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
vacana n. (sfx. ana) parole, langage, discours; lettre prononcée, prononciation, tg. Ordre, édit, proclamation.
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