Alternative spellings of this word include Anuvach.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuvac (अनुवच्).—2 P.

1) To say or speak after or for one; येषां द्विजानां सावित्री नानूच्येत यथाविधि (yeṣāṃ dvijānāṃ sāvitrī nānūcyeta yathāvidhi) Manusmṛti 11.191.

2) To repeat, recite, reiterate; शतमनूच्यमायुष्कामस्य (śatamanūcyamāyuṣkāmasya) Ait. Br.; learn, study; परोवरं यज्ञोऽनूच्यते (parovaraṃ yajño'nūcyate) Śat. Br.; वेदमनूच्या- चार्योन्तेवासिनमनुशास्ति (vedamanūcyā- cāryontevāsinamanuśāsti) Tait. Up.1.1. अरण्येऽनूच्यमान- त्वादारण्यकम् (araṇye'nūcyamāna- tvādāraṇyakam) Sāy., see अनूचान (anūcāna) below.

3) To concede the point, assent to, yield.

4) To name, call. -Caus. To cause to recite; to read to oneself (before reading aloud); oft. used in dramas; उभे नाम मुद्राक्षराण्यनुवाच्य परस्परमवलोकयतः (ubhe nāma mudrākṣarāṇyanuvācya parasparamavalokayataḥ) Ś.1; अनुवाचय तावत् यद्यविरुद्धं श्रोष्यामि (anuvācaya tāvat yadyaviruddhaṃ śroṣyāmi) V.2; Mu.1; अनुवाचितलेखममात्यमवलोक्य (anuvācitalekhamamātyamavalokya) M.1.

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Anuvāc (अनुवाच्).—f. [vac-ṇic-kvip] Repetition, recitation &c. See अनुवचनम् (anuvacanam). -m. A lecture.

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

Anuvac (अनुवच्).—recite (prayers etc.) for ([genetive] or [dative]), teach, communicate; [Middle] say after (the teacher) i.e. learn, study. [Causative] cause to recite; read.

Anuvac is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anu and vac (वच्).

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

1) Anuvac (अनुवच्):—[=anu-√vac] to recite the formulas inviting to the sacrificial ceremony;

—to repeat, reiterate, recite;

—to communicate;

—to study:—[Causal] -vacayati, to cause to recite the inviting formulas, to cause to invite for some sacrificial act, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

2) Anuvāc (अनुवाच्):—[=anu-vāc] [from anu-vac] f. = anu-vākyā, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]

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

Anuvāc (अनुवाच्):—[tatpurusha compound] f.

(-vāk) . The same as anuvacana (but not to be confounded with anuvākyā). E. vac with anu, kṛt aff. kvip, the vowel of the radical being lengthened.

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Anuvac 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.

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Partial matches: Anu, Vac.

Starts with: Anuvacaka, Anuvacana, Anuvacanapraisha, Anuvacaniya, Anuvacca, Anuvaccia, Anuvaceti, Anuvach, Anuvachana, Anuvacin, Anuvacisu, Anuvacita.

Ends with: Abhyanuvac.

Full-text: Anuvaka, Anuvacana, Anucana, Anucyate, Anuvaktri, Anuvaktavya, Paravac, Anuvacaniya, Anuvakyavat, Abhyanuvad, Anuvakanukramani, Anuvacanapraisha, Anukti, Anuvakya, Anuvakasankhya, Abhivac, Abhyanuvac, Anukta.

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