Vacyavacakabhava, Vācyavācakabhāva, Vacya-vacakabhava: 2 definitions
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Vacyavacakabhava 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 Vachyavachakabhava.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVācyavācakabhāva (वाच्यवाचकभाव).—the state of the signified and the signifier.
Vācyavācakabhāva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vācya and vācakabhāva (वाचकभाव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVācyavācakabhāva (वाच्यवाचकभाव):—[=vācya-vācaka-bhāva] [from vācya > vāc] m. ([Kapila’s Sāṃkhya-pravacana]) the state of the signified and the signifier.
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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