Vacavriddha, Vācavṛddha, Vācāvṛddha: 3 definitions
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Vacavriddha 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.
The Sanskrit terms Vācavṛddha and Vācāvṛddha can be transliterated into English as Vacavrddha or Vacavriddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vachavriddha.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1) Vācavṛddha (वाचवृद्ध).—One of the five groups of devas of the 14th Manu Bhauta—the seers of Svāyambhuva Manu.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 100. 111, 113.
2) Vācāvṛddha (वाचावृद्ध).—A gaṇa of the epoch of Bhautya Manu; they were the seven sages of the Svāyambhuva epoch.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 1. 107-9; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 2. 43.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVācāvṛddha (वाचावृद्ध):—[=vācā-vṛddha] [from vācā > vāc] m. [plural] Name of a class of gods in the 14th Manv-antara, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
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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: Vriddha, Vaca.
Full-text: Vavriddha, Vacavritta.
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The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
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