Vacakapada, Vācakapada, Vacaka-pada: 5 definitions

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Vacakapada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Vachakapada.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Vacakapada in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vācakapada (वाचकपद).—a significant word.

Derivable forms: vācakapadam (वाचकपदम्).

Vācakapada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vācaka and pada (पद).

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

Vācakapada (वाचकपद).—n.

(-daṃ) A clear and explicit term. E. vācaka and pada a word.

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

Vācakapada (वाचकपद).—[adjective] containing words that have a sense or express something.

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

1) Vācakapada (वाचकपद):—[=vācaka-pada] [from vācaka > vāc] mfn. containing expressive (not senseless) words, [Yājñavalkya [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] n. an expr° or significant word, explicit term, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Vācakapada (वाचकपद):—[vācaka-pada] (daṃ) 1. n. Explicit term.

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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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