vacas वचस् – word; speech
substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive neuter
word; speech
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive neuter
vácas ·n. speech, word, song; counsel, advice.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive neuter
Vacas, as, n. speech, voice; a speech, word; a hymn; singing, song (of birds); advice, counsel; proclamation, edict, command, order; a sentence; declaration of fate, oracle; number (in grammar, cf. dvi-v˚).
Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive neuter
1. vacas (von vac) n. 1〉 Rede, Wort, Sprache AK. 1,1,5,1. H. 241. na mṛ̀ṣyate̱ vacàḥ ṚV. 1,145,2. śṛ̱ṇava̱dvacā̀ṃsi me ṚV. 1,145,3. aśmā̀naṃ ci̱dye bìbhi̱durvacòbhiḥ ṚV. 4,16,6. ṚV. 6,39,2. bṛ̱hadù gāyiṣe̱ vacàḥ ṚV. 7,96,1. ṚV. 8,50,1. a̱se̱nyā vàḥ paṇayo̱ vacā̀ṃsi ṚV. 10,108,6. nava ṚV. 2,18,3. adrogha ṚV. 3,14,6. daivya ṚV. 4,1,15. madhumattama ṚV. 5,11,5. traiṣṭubha ṚV. 5,29,6. anṛta ṚV. 7,104,8. saccāsàcca̱ vacàsī ṚV. 7,104,12. ugra VS. 5,8. VS. 9,5. sto̱tuḥ AV. 6,2,1. AV. 4,7,4. AV. 5,13,1. ŚAT. BR. 6,1,2,15. vacoviparilopa (so zu verbinden; die Betonung in diesem Buche häufig fehlerhaft) ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,26. indrasya KAUŚ. 6. Auffallend ist die Form vacas am Ende eines Pāda für den instr.: di̱vitmàtā̱ vacàḥ ṚV. 1,26,2. navyàsā̱ vacàḥ ṚV. 2,31,5. ṚV. 6,48,11. ṚV. 8,39,2. (navyàsā̱ vacàsā ṚV. 6,62,5.). droghā̀ya ci̱dvacàsa̱ ānàvāya ṚV. 6,62,9. ist Tmesis für droghavacase. — munivacaścedam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,63. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,71. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 54,110. śṛgālo 'bravīdvacaḥ MBH. 1,5581. MBH. 3,1804. taṃ tathetyabravīdvacaḥ MBH. 3,2835. MBH. 3,2104. R. 1,1,8. R. 1,1,36 RAGH. 2,41. uvāca dhātryā prathamoditaṃ vacaḥ RAGH. 3,25. avyaktavarṇaramaṇīyavacaḥpravṛtti (tanaya) ŚĀK. 176. raghuṇā samīritaṃ vacaḥ RAGH. 3,47. Spr. 2701. KATHĀS. 18,300. KATHĀS. 18,321. PAÑCAT. 167,7. HIT. 12,1. VET. in LA. (III) 88,7. adṛḍhatara MBH. 3,2646. anarthaka AK. 1,1,5,16. HALĀY. 1,150. anibaddha HALĀY. 139. vakra Spr. 730. pl. VIKR. 50. ad MEGH. 112. — 2〉 Ausspruch so v. a. Rath, Geheiss: vacastatra prayoktavyaṃ yatroktaṃ labhate phalam Spr. 2702. vacasā mama auf meinen Rath KATHĀS. 18,137. kuruṣva satyaṃ suhṛdāṃ hitaṃ vacaḥ R. 5,80,28. kuru tūrṇaṃ vaco mama MBH. 1,5938. MBH. 1,5944. MBH. 5,6048. — 3〉 Gesang (der Vögel) ṚT. 6,21. fg. — 4〉 ein Ausspruch des Schicksals, fatum: kalyāṇi sarvavacasāṃ veditrī tvaṃ prakīrtyase wird eine Eule angeredet VARĀH. BṚH. S. 88,42. — Vgl. ātta˚, durvacas, dyukṣa˚, drogha˚, puruṣa˚, prati˚, prīti˚, maṅgala˚, mata˚, madhu˚, yajña˚, su˚.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
2. vacas (von vañc) in adhovacas nach unten taumelnd, zu Boden sinkend, wonach u. d. Wort adhovarcas zu ändern ist.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
1. vacas Z. 9 füge hinzu: so wohl auch (in der Mitte des Pāda) ṚV. 1,93,2.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified
Original text · German · substantive neuter
1. vácas n. — 1〉 Rede, Wort, Sprache. vácas bisweilen = vácasā. dróghāya cidvácase = droghavacase. vacasāṃ patiḥ Bein. Bṛhaspatiʼs, der Planet Jupiter VARĀH. LAGH. 5,10. — 2〉 Ausspruch, so v. a. Rath, Geheiss. vacasā mama auf meinen Rath; vacaḥ kar Jmds (Gen.) Rath befolgen. — 3〉 Gesang (der Vögel). — 4〉 ein Ausspruch des Schicksals, fatum.
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
2. vacas in adhóvacas; s. u. adhóvarcas (Nachtr. 5).
Apte 1890 substantive neuter
Original text · English · substantive neuter
vacas n. 1 A speech, word, sentence; uvāca dhātryā prathamoditaṃ vacaḥ R. 3. 25, R. 3. 47; ityavyabhicāri tadvacaḥ Ku. 5. 36; vacastatra prayoktavyaṃ yatrokta ([Page 0939-a]) labhate phalaṃ Subhāṣ. 2 A command, order, precept, injunction. 3 Advice, counsel. 4 A hymn. 5 Singing, a song of birds. 6 (In gram.) Number. Comp. — kara a. 1 obedient, compliant. 2 executing the orders of another. — kramaḥ discourse. — grahaḥ the ear. — pravṛttiḥ f. an attempt at speaking; avyaktavarṇaramaṇīyavacaḥ pravṛttīn Ś. 7. 17.
Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter
Original text · German · substantive neuter
vácas n. Rede, Wort, Gesang; Aussprech, Rat, Geheiß.
Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter
Original text · French · substantive neuter
vacas vacas n. (sfx. as) la parole sacrée, l'hymne, Vd. Parole, langage, discours.
Occurrences in source texts (5)
DYS 2 occurrences
HP 2 occurrences
SiSa 1 occurrence
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