Alternative spellings of this word include Vagvilas.

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास) refers to the “play of speech”, according to the Ṣaṭsāhasrasaṃhitā, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult.—Accordingly, “Sound (nāda) has arisen from Resonance (dhvani) and is said to be of five kinds as [...]. The artificial (sound) is (brought about) by the conjunction (of objects) and is located in space. From that the series of letters which is the play of Speech [i.e., vāgvilāsa] comes into being. Once the Self, both manifest and unmanifest, has been aroused by that, this Śāmbhava (state) of subtle being is confined by it. [...] ”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास).—m S Speech as a sphere of play or sport; speech-diversion. Ex. jaisē sarasvatīpuḍhēṃ mūḍhēṃ bahuta || vā0 dāviti ||. 2 Speech as play or sport; i. e. easy, mellifluous, and graceful speech.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास).—m Speech as a sphere of play or sport.

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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

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

Vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास).—m.

(-saḥ) Graceful or elegant speech. E. vāk and vilāsa sport.

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

1) Vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास):—[=vāg-vilāsa] [from vāg > vāc] m. play of words, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]

2) [v.s. ...] graceful or elegant speech, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास):—[vā-gvilāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. Elegant speech.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vāgvilāsa (वाग्विलास) [Also spelled vagvilas]:—(nm) play of words, grandiloquence; elegance of speech; ~[sī] playing on words, grandiloquent.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vāgvilāsa (ವಾಗ್ವಿಲಾಸ):—[noun] = ವಾಗ್ವಿಭವ - [vagvibhava -] 2.

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Vāgviḷāsa (ವಾಗ್ವಿಳಾಸ):—[noun] = ವಾಗ್ವಿಭವ - [vagvibhava -] 2.

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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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Partial matches: Vac, Vilasa.

Full-text: Vilasa, Vagvilas.

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