As a deity name
Name 1 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
वाँ
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
speech, a word, Sch. &c.
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M1 · same meaning "vāce" is the nominative dual of "vācā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāce" is the locative of "vāca" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "vāce" is the dative of "vāc" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "vāca" is derived from "vāc" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vāc f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, Mn.; MBh. &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
vāca m. (only L.) a species of fish
a species of plant
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. vācā f. speech, a word, Pañcat.; KātyŚr., Sch. &c.
the goddess of sp˚, Uṇ. ii, 57, Sch.
vāca m. (only L.) a species of fish
a species of plant
vāc f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, Mn.; MBh. &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
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