bhavatā kila śabdamātraṃ hi devatā iti pratijñātam ataḥ śabdavyatiriktadevatānab
vācaka
a. [vac-ṇvul] 1 Speaking, declaring, explanatory. --2 Express- ing, signifying, denoting directly (as a word, distinguished from lākṣaṇika and vyaṃjaka); sākṣātsaketitaṃ...
Dictionary Definitions
[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.
Corpus Profile
- Part of Speech
- ADJ
- Occurrences
- 76
- Texts
- 27
DCS: name of a mythical king
Occurrences
Appears in 40 texts.
AmarakosaAstanganighantuAtharvaprayascittaniBhagavatapuranaBrhatkathaslokasamgrahaDhanvantarinighantuDivyavadanaGarudapuranaGherandasamhitaHaribhaktivilasaHathayogapradipikaHitopadesaKatyayanasmrtiKurmapuranaLankavatarasutraLingapuranaManusmrtiMatsyapuranaMrgendratantraMrgendratikaNatyasastravivrtiPancarthabhasyaRajanighantuRasaratnasamuccayatikaRatnatikaSamkhyatattvakaumudiSivasutravartikaSkandapuranaSpandakarikanirnayaSusrutasamhitaTantralokaTantrasaraVaisesikasutravrttiVisnupuranaYogasutraYogasutrabhasyamahabharatamahabharatamahabharataskandapurana-revakhanda
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Concordance Sample
Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: vācaka
Mṛgendraṭīkāsurface: vācakayoḥ
tato na vācyavācakayor aikyam
Spandakārikānirṇayasurface: vācaka
tathā nirañjanāḥ kṛtakṛtyatvān nivṛttādhikāramalāḥ śāntaviśiṣṭavācakātmasvarūpās