Vacamyama, Vācaṃyama: 7 definitions
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Vacamyama 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Vācaṃyama (वाचंयम).—a. Holding the tongue, maintaining perfect silence, silent, taciturn; उपस्थिता देवी तद्वाचंयमो भव (upasthitā devī tadvācaṃyamo bhava) V.3; विद्वांसो वसुधातले परवचःश्लाघासु वाचंयमाः (vidvāṃso vasudhātale paravacaḥślāghāsu vācaṃyamāḥ) Bv.4.42; वाचंयमत्वात् (vācaṃyamatvāt) R.13.44.
-maḥ A sage who maintains rigid silence.
Vācaṃyama (वाचंयम).—i. e. vāc + am-yam + a, m. A sage practising rigid taciturnity.
Vācaṃyama (वाचंयम).—[adjective] = vāgyata, [abstract] tva [neuter]
1) Vācaṃyama (वाचंयम):—[=vācaṃ-yama] [from vācaṃ > vāc] mf(ā)n. restraining speech or voice, silent, [Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] m. a sage who practises silence, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [Catalogue(s)]
Vācaṃyama (वाचंयम):—[vācaṃ-yama] (maḥ) 1. m. A holy, taciturn, stoical sage.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vācaṃyama (ವಾಚಂಯಮ):—
1) [noun] a man observing silence or restraining himself from talking.
2) [noun] a sage; an ascetic.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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