Vaca, Vācā, Vacā, Vāca: 36 definitions

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Vaca means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Vacha.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Wisdom Library: Ayurveda: Cikitsa

Vacā (वचा) is a Sanskrit word referring to “sweet flag”, a perennial flowering plant from the Ranunculaceae family, and is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā. It is also known as Vaca, Ugragandhā or Ṣaḍgranthā. Its official botanical name is Acorus calamus and is commonly known in English as “Sweet flag”, “Calamus root”, “Beewort” among many others.

The plant Vacā is also mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers, as described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā.

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in Mādhava Cikitsā

Vacā (वचा) refers to the medicinal plant Acorus calamus L., and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2. Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Vacā] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.

Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)

Source: archive.org: Science And Technology In Medievel India (kalpa)

Vacā (वचा) or Vacākalpa refers to Kalpa (medicinal preparation) described in the Auṣadhikalpa, as mentioned in A. Rahman’s Science and Technology in Medievel India: A bibliography of source materials in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.—Ancient and medieval India produced a wide range of scientific manuscripts and major contributions lie in the field of medicine, astronomy and mathematics, besides covering encyclopedic glossaries and technical dictionaries.—The Auṣadhikalpa is a medical work of the type of Materia Medica giving twenty-six medical preparations [e.g., Vacā-kalpa] to be used as patent medicines against various diseases.

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci

Vacā (वचा) refers to a medicinal plant known as Acorus calamus, and is mentioned in the 10th century Yogaśataka written by Pandita Vararuci.—The Yogaśataka of Pandita Vararuci is an example of this category. This book attracts reader by its very easy language and formulations which can be easily prepared and have small number of herbs (viz., Vacā). It describes only those formulations which are the most common and can be used in majority conditions of diseases.

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Vacā (वचा) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Acorus calamus Linn.” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning vacā] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Śodhana: An Ayurvedic process for detoxification

Vacā (वचा) refers to the medicinal plant known Acorus calamus Linn.—The rhizome of Vacā finds use as brain tonic, appetizer, emetic, and antiepileptic. It also possesses tranquilizing, antimicrobial, antidiarrheal, antidyslipidemic, neuroprotective, antioxidant, anticholinesterase, spasmolytic, antiulcer, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic activities. Though vacā does not come under poisonous drug category, yet some Ayurvedic texts and Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India have recommended Śodhana process for Vacā rhizome.

Vacā detoxification procedure (śodhana) involves boiling of Vacā successively by Gomūtra, Muṇḍīkvātha (decoction prepared from whole plant of Sphaeranthus indicus) and Pañcapallava-kvātha for 3 h. After that it is treated with Gandhodaka for 1 h. After Śodhana process, the rhizomes are shade dried for 12 days. Multiple processes of heating with different media lead to the decrease in the content of β–asarone due to its volatilization.—(cf. Cakrapāṇidatta)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Vacā (वचा) is an ingredient of an herbal remedy to handle serpents (and snake-venom), as described in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Kāśyapa imparts various combinations of the Garuḍa Mantra, a wide range of different nyāsas and rituals to enslave serpents and use them for the bite-victim’s recovery caused by poison. He also mentions that a particular herbal combination [including Vacā, ...] enable one to handle serpents with ease while the nails of cat, lizard, pigeon and sparrow assist in the extraction of the snake’s teeth.

Note: Vacā belonging to Vacādi Gaṇas, cures toxins, and diarrohea.

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Asian Agri-History: Paśu Āyurvēda (Veterinary Medicine) in Garuḍapurāṇa

Vacā (वचा) refers to “sweet flag” and is used in the protection rites of Horses (Aśvarakṣaṇa), according to Āyurveda sections in the Garuḍapurāṇa.—For the Rakṣa (protection) Revanta-pūjā, (worship of God Revanta) homa (sacrificial offerings) and dvija-bhojana (feeding of Brahmins) should be performed in favor of the horse. And a compound made up of following drugs should be tied round the neck of the horse [e.g., vacā (sweet flag)] [...].

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Vacā (वचा) (identified with Acorus calamus) is the name of an ingredient used in the process of producing seedless fruits (abīja), according to the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Benincasa hispida, Solanum melongena, Trichosanthes dioica, etc. produced from healthy seeds cultivated with marrow of a female boar and also nourished with the sprinkling of Acorus calamus [e.g., Vacā] always produce seedless fruits”.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Vaidyavallabha: An Authoritative Work on Ayurveda Therapeutics

Vacā (वचा) refers to Acorus calamus, and is recommended to cure diseases caused due to poison and its complications, according to the 17th-century Vaidyavallabha (chapter 8) written by Hastiruci.—The Vaidyavallabha is a work which deals with the treatment and useful for all 8 branches of Ayurveda. The text Vaidyavallabha has been designed based on the need of the period of the author, availability of drugs (viz., vacā) during that time, disease manifesting in that era, socio-economical-cultural-familial-spiritual-aspects of that period Vaidyavallabha.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vaca (वच) refers to “words” (“speech”), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.25 (“The seven celestial sages test Pārvatī”).—Accordingly, after Pārvatī spoke to the seven Sages: “On hearing her words, the sages honoured Pārvatī mentally with pleasure but spoke these deceptive false words [i.e., vaca—procuḥ chalavaco mṛṣā] laughingly”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Vāca (वाच).—A Marut gaṇa.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 171. 53.

1b) The name of Vyāsa of the 20th dvāpara; the avatār of the Lord aṭṭahāsa.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 189.

1c) One of the nine sons of Sāvarṇi.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 22.

1d) The Vedas go to Īśvara with mind and unable to attain Him return back (Upaniṣad); it is avyakta and parokṣa.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 103. 10.

2) Vācā (वाचा).—One of the ten branches of the Rohita group of devas.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 90.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Vacā (वचा) refers to a kind of aromatic root (according to some orris root), according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “[...] Venus also presides over simple silk, coloured silk, wollen cloth, white silk, Rodhra, Patra, Coca, nutmeg, Agaru, Vacā, Pippalī and sandal”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Vastushastra (architecture)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (vastu)

Vacā (वचा) (paste) is used as an ingredient of a mixture of Vajralepa (“a special kind of hard cement”) which was used in the construction of a Temple and as a binding agent for joining bricks, according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy. In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, five procedures of preparing the vajralepa are suggested. [The first method]—It is incorporated there that the equal portion of some particular objects [e.g., paste of vacā, etc.] should be boiled in water for eight times till it reduces to one eighth portion of the original value. After that, some more ingredients are added with the mixture and again boiled properly to make the first variety of vajralepa.

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Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Vaca (वच) refers to the “voice” (of the trainer of hawks), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “[...] Then every night, in the dim light of lamps, the eyes should be opened, and washed with cool and fair water. The hawk should be gradually inspired with confidence and made to hear the falconer’s voice (vaca) [śrāvayet vacaḥ]. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English Glossary

F Speech.

Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

'speech'. On right sp., s. magga (3), sacca (IV.3). - Low talk, s. tiracchāna-kathā.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Vācā (वाचा) refers to “words”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] At that time, sixty koṭis of Bodhisattvas, having stood up from the congregation, joined their palms, paid homage to the Lord, and then uttered these verses in one voice: ‘[...] (215) Immediately after seeing the transgressor of the true dharma, even from afar, we will show friendliness to him that he show not anger towards us. (216) Being restrained in word and deed (vācā-karman), we will protect them as much as possible, and never reproach them for being established in a particular sinful activity. [...]’”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): (Tibetan Buddhism)

Vācā (वाचा) refers to “(the power of) speech”, according to verse 14.24bd-27 of the Laghuśaṃvara, an ancient Buddhist Yoginī Tantra.—Accordingly, [while describing the Siddhi of speech]: “The Sādhaka [who has] the Siddhi of speech (vācā) can certainly attract a king or queen by [merely] thinking [it]. He quickly controls gods, demons and men. When angry, he can kill with his speech (vācā) and drive away his adversary. The practitioner can thus effect a curse with his speech. And he can stop a river, a cart, a machine [like a water-wheel,] the ocean, elephants and horses, clouds, a man or bird merely by means of his speech (vācā-mātra). He achieves everything which he desires by his speech”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Vaca in India is the name of a plant defined with Acorus calamus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acorus asiaticus Nakai (among others).

2) Vaca is also identified with Justicia adhatoda It has the synonym Adhatoda vasica Nees (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Genome
· Genome Res. (2006)
· Taxon (1983)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1783)
· Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy of Ankara University (1979)
· Phytotherapy Research

If you are looking for specific details regarding Vaca, for example extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vaca : (m.; nt.) (mano-group), word; saying. || vacā (f.) the sweet fig plant; orris root. vācā (f.) word; speech; saying.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vaca, (nt.) a kind of root Vin. I, 201=IV. 35. Cp. vacattha. (Page 592)

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Vācā, (f.) (vac, vakti & vivakti; cp. vacaḥ (P. vaco); Vedic vāk (vāc°) voice, word, vākya; Av. vacah & vaxs word; Gr. e)/pos word, o)/y voice, Lat. vox=voice, voco to call; Ohg. gi-wahan to mention etc. The P. form vācā is a remodeling of the Nom. vāc after the oblique cases, thus transforming it from the cons. decl. to a vowel (°ā) decl. Of the old inflexion we only find the Instr. vācā Sn. 130, 232. The compⁿ forms are both vācā° and vacī°) word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-°) vaca speaking, of such a speech (e.g. duṭṭha° Pv. I, 3², so to be read for dukkha°).—D. III, 69 sq. 96 sq. 171 sq.; S. IV, 132 (in triad kāyena vācāya manasā: see kāya III, , and mano II. 3); Sn. 232 (kāyena vācā uda cetasā vā), 397, 451 sq. 660, 973, 1061 (=vacana Nd² 560); Nd¹ 504; DhsA. 324 (vuccatī ti vācā).—In sequence vācā girā byappatha vacībheda vācasikā viññatti, as a definition of speech Vin. IV, 2, explained at DhsA. 324: see byappatha.—vācaṃ bhindati: (1) to modify the speech or expression SnA 216 (cp. vākya-bheda DhsA. 324).—(2) to use a word, so say something Vin. I, 157; M. I, 207 (Neumann, “das Schweigen brechen”); Miln. 231 (i.e. to break silence? So Rh. D. translation). Cp. the English expression “to break the news. ” — vācā is mostly applied with some moral characterization, as the foll. frequently found: atthasaṃhitā A. III, 244; kalyāṇa° A. III, 195, 261; IV, 296; V, 155; pisuṇā & pharusā A. I, 128, 174, 268 sq.; III, 433; IV, 247 sq.; DA. I, 74, 75; Nd¹ 220, and passim; rakkhita° S. IV, 112; vikiṇṇa° S. I, 61, 204; A. I, 70; III, 199, 391 sq.; sacca° A. II, 141, 228; saṇhā A. II, 141, 228; III, 244; IV, 172; see also vacī-sucarita; sammā° Vbh. 105, 106, 235; VbhA. 119; see also magga; hīnā etc. S. II, 54.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vaca (वच).—n S (Occurring in poetry.) Speech, saying. vacasyēkaṃ manasyēkaṃ (vacasi-ēkam-manasi-ēkam) Agreeing with hōṭānta ēka pōṭānta ēka. Hypocritical or dissembling speech (mel in ore fel in corde &c.)

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vacā (वचा).—f S Root of Fleur de lis or Flag-flower, Orris-root, Acorus calamus.

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vācā (वाचा).—f (S) Speech, articulate utterance (whether the act or the faculty). 2 A matter spoken or said, esp. a promise. 3 A divine utterance; a voice in the heavens. See ākāśavāṇī. 4 Used sometimes for avasaraṇī. barī vācē tujhēṃ kāya vēcē What expense is it to thee to speak civilly? vācā ulaṭaṇēṃ -pālaṭaṇēṃ -parataṇēṃ -phiraṇēṃ -muraḍaṇēṃ To have one's speech turn back--be checked and stilled (as in mute admission of the ineffableness of a matter). vācā narakānta jāṇēṃ To belie or falsify one's speech or saying, to lie. vācā phuṭaṇēṃ in. con. To acquire speech (as from dumbness). Ex. anuṣṭhāna karatāṃ dvārīṃ || mukyāsīṃ vācā phuṭē ||. 2 To begin to exercise its faculty of speech;--as a child, a speaking bird or other animal. vācā phōḍaṇēṃ To utter (respecting any one) inauspicious or calumnious or malignant words. vācā lavaṇēṃ or vadaṇēṃ To incline to speak; to have one's speech moved to break forth. Used in remarking upon any saying or utterance considered as extraordinary. vācā viṭāḷaṇēṃ To pollute one's speech (as by non-performance, retractation, or disallowal). 2 To speak a word or two (in recommendation of or in intercession for); i. e. to use, and thus defile, one's vocal utterance (breath).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vaca (वच).—n Speech, saying.

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vācā (वाचा).—f Speech. A promise vācā pālaṭaṇēṃ- parataṇēṃ Have one's speech turned back. vācā narakānta jāṇēṃ Belie or falsify one's speech or saying. vācā phuṭaṇēṃ Acquire speech. vācā viṭāḷaṇēṃ Pollute one's speech.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vaca (वच).—[vac-asun Uṇādi-sūtra 4.196]

1) A parrot.

2) The sun.

-cā 1 A kind of talking bird.

2) A kind of aromatic root (Mar. vekhaṃḍa); Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.131.8.

-cam Speaking, talk.

Derivable forms: vacaḥ (वचः).

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Vāca (वाच).—

1) A kind of fish.

2) The plant मदन (madana).

Derivable forms: vācaḥ (वाचः).

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Vācā (वाचा).—

1) Speech.

2) A sacred text, a text or aphorism.

3) An oath.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaca (वच).—m.

(-caḥ) 1. A parrot. 2. The sun. f.

(-cā) 1. Orris root, (Acorus calamus; also Zinziber Zedoaria.) 2. The Sarika, (Turdus Salica.) E. vac to speak, ac aff.

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Vāca (वाच).—m.

(-caḥ) 1. A plant: see madana . 2. A kind of fish. “vācā .”

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Vācā (वाचा).—f.

(-cā) 1. Speech. 2. A text, an aphorism. 3. The tongue. 4. An oath. E. vāc as above, ṭāp added.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vaca (वच).—[vac + a], m. A parrot.

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Vācā (वाचा).—i. e. vāc + ā, f. 1. Speech, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 216, 18. 2. A holy word, [Pañcatantra] 221, 7 (oath).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vācā (वाचा).—[feminine] speech, word; the goddess of speech.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vaca (वच):—[from vac] mfn. speaking, talking (See ku-v)

2) [v.s. ...] m. a parrot, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] = sūrya, the sun, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] = kāraṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Vacā (वचा):—[from vaca > vac] f. a kind of talking bird, Turdus Salica (= sārikā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] a kind of aromatic root ([according to] to some = Acorus Colamus), [Harṣacarita]

7) Vaca (वच):—[from vac] n. the act of speaking, speech (See dur-v).

8) Vācā (वाचा):—[from vāc] 1. vācā f. speech, a word, [Pañcatantra; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]] etc.

9) [v.s. ...] the goddess of sp°, [Uṇādi-sūtra ii, 57 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

10) [v.s. ...] a holy word, sacred text, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

11) [v.s. ...] an oath, [ib.]

12) [v.s. ...] [wrong reading] for vacā, [Mahābhārata xiii, 6149.]

13) [from vāc] 2. vācā [instrumental case] of vāc, in [compound]

14) Vāca (वाच):—m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a species of fish

15) a species of plant

16) = madana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vaca (वच):—(caḥ) 1. m. A parrot. f. (cā) Orris root; Turdus salica.

2) Vāca (वाच):—(caḥ) 1. m. A plant. See madana.

3) Vācā (वाचा):—(cā) 1. f. Speech.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vāca (वाच) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Bulāva, Vacā, Vayā, Vāe, Vāya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vaca in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vācā (वाचा) [Also spelled vacha]:—(ind) through speech; (nf) speech, word; ~[baṃdha] pledge, commitment; ~[baṃdhana] taking of a pledge, making of a commitment; ~[baddha] pledged, committed; -[viruddha] not fit to be uttered; unworthy of speech.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Vacā (वचा) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vacā.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāca (ವಾಚ):—[noun] that which is spoken, uttered; spoken word or words; speech.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vacā (வசா) noun Deduction; remission, as of revenue. See வஜா. [vaja.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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