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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upavāka (उपवाक).—

1) Addressing, speaking to, conversing.

2) Praising.

3) Indra-grain (indrayava).

Derivable forms: upavākaḥ (उपवाकः).

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

1) Upavāka (उपवाक):—[=upa-vāka] [from upa-vac] 1. upa-vāka (for 2. See sub voce) m. addressing, praising, [Ṛg-veda i, 164, 8; Atharva-veda ix, 9, 8.]

2) [=upa-vāka] 2. upa-vāka (for 1. See [column]1) mf(kā) Indra-grain (cf. indra-yava), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

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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: Vaka, Upa.

Ends with: Vakopavaka.

Full-text: Upavakya, Vakopavaka.

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