The corpus record — Sanskrit

vacanam

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Distribution

Aitareya Upanisad 12 · 24.77/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 78 · 16.65/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 103 · 13.62/10k
Taittiriya Upanisad 6 · 11.31/10k
Bhagavad Gita 7 · 8.15/10k
Mandukya Upanisad 1 · 5.13/10k
Katha Upanisad 1 · 4.64/10k
Prasna Upanisad 1 · 1.53/10k

Senses

1. väc-

2. vacä-

f, einc aromatische Wurzel, wohl Acorus calamus (Ilarsac, s Das, Lebensspanne 29

3. ثَc

vac cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 55 ) vakti (occurs only in sg. vacmi, vakṣi, vakti, and Impv. vaktu; Ved. also cl. 3. P. vivakti; pf. uvāca, ūce, RV. &c. &c.; uvaktha, AV. ; vavāca, vavakṣe, RV. ; aor. avocat, cata, RV. &c. &c.; in Veda also Subj. vocati, te, vocāti; Pot. vocet, ceta; …

4. vāc

vāc f. ( fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācamṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)

5. vāc

Speech personified (in various manners or forms, e.g. as Vāc Āmbhṛṇī in RV. x, 125 ; as the voice of the middle sphere in Naigh. & Nir. ; in the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajā-pati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Veda s and wife of Indra ; in

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Authority pointers, pending review

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Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 3, scan p. 750; entry #11853 Review: Under source audit

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