Alternative spellings of this word include Vachahpati.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Vācaḥpati (वाचःपति):—[=vācas-pati] [from vācas > vāc] m. (vācas-) ‘lord of voice or speech’, Name of a divine being (presiding over human life which lasts as long as there is voice in the body; applied to Soma, Viśva-karman, Prajā-pati, Brahmā etc., but [especially] to Bṛhas-pati, who is lord of eloquence, preceptor of the gods, and regent of the planet Jupiter), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] a master of speech, orator, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a Ṛṣi, a lexicographer, a philosopher etc., [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha; Uṇādi-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]] etc.

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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: Vacas, Pati.

Starts with: Vacahpatibhattacarya, Vacahpatigovinda, Vacahpatikalpataru, Vacahpatimishra, Vacahpativallabha.

Ends with: Dharmavacahpati, Hariramavacahpati, Vaidyavacahpati.

Full-text: Vacahpatibhattacarya, Vacahpatikalpataru, Vacahpatigovinda, Vacahpativallabha, Vacahpatimishra, Vaidyavacahpati, Sharirakatika, Dharmavacahpati, Rudranyayavacahpatibhattacarya, Hariramavacahpati, Vacapati, Ramananda, Madhusudani, Devasu, Vacahpatya, Ramakanta, Ramanatha, Ramacandra.

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