Dharmalib

vācaka

a. [vac-ṇvul] 1 Speaking, declaring, explanatory. --2 Express- ing, signifying, denoting directly (as a word, distinguished from lākṣaṇika and vyaṃjaka); sākṣātsaketitaṃ...

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[apte] a. [vac-ṇvul] 1 Speaking, declaring, explanatory. --2 Express- ing, signifying, denoting directly (as a word, distinguished from lākṣaṇika and vyaṃjaka); sākṣātsaketitaṃ yorthamabhidhatte sa vācakaḥ K. P. 2. --3 Verbal. --kaḥ 1 A speaker. --2 A [Page0957-a+ 56] reader. --3 A significant word. --4 A messenger. --Comp. --padaṃ a signifi- cant word.

Root

√vaca वच

Gaṇa 2· adadi· Parasmaipada · paribhāṣaṇe

to speak,to tell, to talk

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ADJ
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76
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27

DCS: name of a mythical king

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Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: vācaka

bhavatā kila śabdamātraṃ hi devatā iti pratijñātam ataḥ śabdavyatiriktadevatānab

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