f. [vac-kvip dīrgho'saṃprasāraṇaṃ ca Uṇ. 2. 67] 1 A word, sound, an expression (opp. artha); vāgarthāvi- va saṃpṛktau vāgarthapratipattame R. 1. 1.

2 Words, talk, language, speech; vāci puṇyāpuṇyahetavaḥ Māl 4; laukikānāṃ hi sādhūnāmarthaṃ vāga- nuvartate. ṛṣīṇāṃ punarādyānāṃ vācamarthonu- dhāvati U. 1. 10; viniścitārthāmiti vāca- mādade Ki. 1. 3 ‘spoke these words’, ‘spoke as follows’; R. 1. 49; Śi. 2. 13, 23;...

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 (vācam-ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call) 936,1 189809 f. a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration Mn.; MBh. &c (vācaṃ-vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-dā with dat., to address words to; vācā...