As a deity name
Name 845 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
अवाची · noun · feminine
दक्षिण दिशा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "अवाची" is अ- + वाची: वाची means "= vāćak, q.v", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अवाची" is अ- + वाची: वाची means "= vāćak, q.v", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the direction downwards (i.e. towards the ground); (without diś) the southern quarter
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "avācī" is the vocative dual of "avāc" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
avācī f. (with diś) the direction downwards (i.e. towards the ground) VS. xxii, 24; ŚBr. xiv; Up.; (without diś) the southern quarter, L.
1. a-vāc mfn. id., ŚBr. xiv; VarBṛS.
avāc a. [na. ba.] Speechless dumb. — n. Brahma. Comp. — manasagocara a. beyond the power of thought and words, indescribable and inconceivable. — śruti a. deaf and dumb.
Alternative readings
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