Vacaka, Vācaka: 21 definitions
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Vacaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. 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 Vachaka.
In Hinduism
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Vācaka (वाचक).—Expressive, as contrasted with द्योतक्र, व्यञ्जक, सूचक (dyotakra, vyañjaka, sūcaka) and भेदक (bhedaka) which 41 ७ (7) mean suggestive; the term is used in connection with words which directly convey their sense by denotation, as opposed to words which convey indirectly the sense or suggest it as the prefixes or Nipatas do.
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Vācaka (वाचक) refers to a division of Ādiśaiva priests, as defined in Śaivāgama literature.—In the temple, the Ādiśaiva priests are classified by the āgama into five levels—Ācārya, Arcaka, Sādhaka, Alaṅkṛta and Vācaka. The Vācaka is responsible for chanting and study.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
1) Vācaka (वाचक) refers to “(the energies of Speech that function as the) denotators”, according to Kṣemarāja in his commentaries on the Netratantra and the Svacchandabhairavatantra, which is well known to the Kubjikā Tantras.—‘Sound’ (nāda) is the name given to the pulse (spanda) of the supreme level of Speech (parā vāc), which animates the highest reality. The Netratantra refers to it as a form of sound that pervades the universe. Kṣemarāja explains that the energy of the higher levels initially manifests in two aspects. One is subjective, as the aggregate of the energies of Speech that function as the denotators (vācaka) of the second aspect, which consists of the aggregate of the energies of Speech, which they denote (vācya). When the initial impulse towards manifestation arises, the energy of consciousness retains the pulse of the second aspect within itself and expresses the pulse of the first aspect in the form of undifferentiated Sound. [...]
2) Vācaka (वाचक) refers to “quoting” (from books) [i.e., pustaka-vācaka], according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
India history and geography
Vācaka.—(LL), a Jain preacher. Note: vācaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
vācaka : (m.) one who teaches or recites.
Vācaka, (adj.) (fr. vācā) reciting, speaking, expressing SnA 164 (lekha°); sotthi° an utterer of blessings, a herald Miln. 359.—f. °ikā speech Sdhp. 55. (Page 606)
vācaka (ဝါစက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vaca+ṇvu．thī-nitea vācikā．vada+ṇvu．vacatīti vācako．vāccavācaka．ṭī,1．vadatīti vācako．vācakopadesa．ṭī．2,3．vatti abhidhāvuttiyā bodhayati attheti vācako．kappadduma．vācaka-saṃ．vācaya,vāyaga-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝစ+ဏွု။ ထီ-၌ ဝါစိကာ။ ဝဒ+ဏွု။ ဝစတီတိ ဝါစကော။ ဝါစ္စဝါစက။ ဋီ၊ ၁။ ဝဒတီတိ ဝါစကော။ ဝါစကောပဒေသ။ ဋီ။ ၂၊ ၃။ ဝတ္တိ အဘိဓာဝုတ္တိယာ ဗောဓယတိ အတ္ထေတိ ဝါစကော။ ကပ္ပဒ္ဒုမ။ ဝါစက-သံ။ ဝါစယ၊ ဝါယဂ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vācaka—
(Burmese text): ရွတ်-ဖတ်-ပြော-ဆို-ဟော-တတ်သော။ အကျယ်ကို ဝါစ္စဝါစကာနှင့် ဝါစကောပဒေသကျမ်းတို့ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Able to read, recite, speak, and explain. For a broader understanding, refer to the texts of Waisawawaska and the Waskopadei.
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
vacaka (वचक).—m ( H) Awe or apprehension of; impression of dread or fear. v khā, bāḷaga, pāḷa, rākha, ṭhēva, dhara with g. of o. 2 Sudden alarm or fright; shock of terror or fear. v ghē, basa. 3 Apprehension, notion, conception, thought. v jā, hō in. con. Ex. myāṃ sāvalī pāhilī malā va0 gēlā kīṃ rāmājīpanta ālē asatīla.
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vacakā (वचका).—m See vacaka. 2 See ōcakā.
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vacakā (वचका).—a (Imit. vaca!) That blurts or raps out snappishly: also that is prompt to blab. Hence 2 Light, trifling, silly, airy.
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vācaka (वाचक).—m (S) A word, an expression, a part of speech.
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vācaka (वाचक).—a S In comp. That declares or expresses; as kālavācaka, dēśavācaka, sthalavācaka, vṛkṣavācaka, agnivācaka Expressive of time, space, place, a tree &c. 2 Verbal.
vacaka (वचक) [-kā, -का].—m Awe; sudden fright.
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vācaka (वाचक).—a That expresses; verbal. m A word. m Reader.
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
Vācaka (वाचक).—a. [vac-ṇvul]
1) Speaking, declaring, explanatory; उन्नीय मे दर्शय वल्गुवाचकं यद्व्रीडया नाभिमुखं शुचिस्तिते (unnīya me darśaya valguvācakaṃ yadvrīḍayā nābhimukhaṃ śucistite) Bhāgavata 4.25.31.
2) Expressing, signifying, denoting directly (as a word, distinguished from lākṣaṇika and vyañjaka); साक्षात् संकेतितं योऽर्थमभिधत्ते स वाचकः (sākṣāt saṃketitaṃ yo'rthamabhidhatte sa vācakaḥ) K. P.2.
3) Verbal.
-kaḥ 1 A speaker.
2) A reader.
3) A significant word.
4) A messenger.
Vācaka (वाचक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) 1. Declaratory, explaining, speaking. 2. Verbal, expressed by words. m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A word, a significant sound. 2. A speaker. 3. A reader. 4. A messenger. E. vac to speak, aff. ṇvul .
Vācaka (वाचक).—i. e. vac + aka, I. adj. 1. Speaking. 2. Expressed by words, signifying, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Vācaka (वाचक).—[feminine] cikā [adjective] speaking, saying, expressing ([genetive] or —°); [masculine] speaker, reciter. Abstr. tā [feminine], tva [neuter]
1) Vacaka (वचक):—[from vac] See dur-v.
2) Vācaka (वाचक):—[from vāc] mf(ikā [akā [wrong reading]])n. speaking, saying, telling anything ([genitive case]), [Hitopadeśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] speaking of, treating of, declaring (with [genitive case] or ifc.), [Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] expressive of, expressing, signifying, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya; Rāmatāpanīya-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] verbal, expressed by words, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
6) [v.s. ...] m. a speaker, reciter, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
7) [v.s. ...] a significant sound, word, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] a messenger, [ib.]
Vācaka (वाचक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A word; significant sound; a speaker; messenger. a. Verbal, expressing, declaratory, explaining.
Vācaka (वाचक):—(von vac) nom. ag. (f. vācikā)
1) sprechend, sagend: yathārthasya [Spr. 467.] ānanaṃ valguvācakam (valgūni vācakāni yasmin Comm.) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 25, 31.] Sprecher, der Vortragende, Hersager [Mahābhārata 18,213. 229. 231] [?(= Harivaṃśa 16141. 16159. 16161). Rāmāyaṇa.7,111,7. Oxforder Handschriften 30,b,19. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 253.] sprechend —, handelnd über, aussagend: brahmādīnāṃ vācako yaṃ mantraḥ [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 288.] sarvavācyasya ebend. und [291.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12, 6, 41.] praṇavaṃ vācakaṃ matvā vācyaṃ brahmeti niścitaḥ [Harivaṃśa 14695.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 341.] adhyātma (parvan) [Mahābhārata 1, 354.] —
2) ausdrückend, bezeichnend [Yogasūtra 1, 27.] śabdo pi vācakastadvallakṣako vyañjakastathā [Sāhityadarpana 31] (daher vācakaḥ = śabdaḥ [Amarakoṣa.1,1,5,2.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa][?1,1,118). Oxforder Handschriften 177,b, No. 403. 230,a,15. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 14. SARVADARŚANAS. 50,21. 51,7. 141,10. 146,11.] kriyā [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 12, 8.] akṣayya [Mahābhārata.1,7868.5,2563.] [Amarakoṣa.1,1,4,5.3,4,32] [?(28),13.3,5,15. WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 354. Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 15. 568. Oxforder Handschriften 22,b,44. fg. 201,b, No. 483. 230,a,14. PAÑCAR.1,2,58. KUSUM. 55,12. Vedānta lecture No. 97.] Comm. zu [Jaimini.1,1,2.] sarvāścaikārthavācikāḥ [Oxforder Handschriften 56,a,3. 4.] arthasṛṣṭirvācyā śabdasṛṣṭistu vācakā (!) [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 336.] — Vgl. guṇa, paryāya (auch [Suśruta 1, 320, 18]), plakṣasamudravācakā, svastivācaka .
Vācaka (वाचक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vāyaga.
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
Vācaka (वाचक) [Also spelled vachak]:—(nm) a narrator; reader; an announcer; (a) denoting; signifying; ~[tā/tva] significance; expression; —[pada] significant/meaningful word.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Vācaka (ವಾಚಕ):—
1) [adjective] talking; speaking.
2) [adjective] reading.
3) [adjective] that is indicating, signifying (as in guṇavācaka, nāmavācaka, etc.).
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Vācaka (ವಾಚಕ):—
1) [noun] that which is relating to or consisting of words, speech.
2) [noun] speech; utterance; talk.
3) [noun] that which is communicated or informed; communication; information.
4) [noun] he who reads or is reading; a reader.
5) [noun] a person who recites poetry using appropriate musical modes and depicts the idea of the poetry in a limpid manner.
6) [noun] a man who is talking; talker; speaker.
7) [noun] the literary meaning of a word.
8) [noun] (gram.) a word, in gen., that describes something (as in guṇavācaka, nāmavācaka, etc.).
9) [noun] ವಾಚಕರ ವಾಣಿ [vacakara vani] vācakara vāṇi = ವಾಚಕವಾಣಿ [vacakavani].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Vācaka (वाचक):—adj. 1. speaking; declaring; explanatory; 2. signifying; denoting; 3. verbal;
2) Vācaka (वाचक):—n. 1. a speaker; 2. a reader; 3. a signifying word; signifier; 4. a messenger;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches (+0): Vaca, Vassa.
Starts with (+12): Vacaka-sanketaka, Vacakacarya, Vacakacuracam, Vacakadosha, Vacakaguru, Vacakalaha, Vacakalakshakavyanjakatva, Vacakalpa, Vacakam, Vacakamma, Vacakammadhitthana, Vacakammanta, Vacakammantajiva, Vacakammaparisuddhi, Vacakamukhya, Vacakan, Vacakananam, Vacakancey, Vacakanem, Vacakapada.
Full-text (+213): Gunavacaka, Jativacaka, Bhavavacaka, Pravacaka, Vacakata, Kriyavacaka, Vacakapada, Svastivacaka, Paryayavacaka, Namavacaka, Avacaka, Durvacaka, Samkhyavacaka, Vacakam, Satyavacaka, Niyamavacaka, Ekavacaka, Ganavacaka, Dravyavacaka, Vacakatva.
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