n. 1 A speech, word, sen- tence; uvāca dhātryā prathamoditaṃ vacaḥ R. 3. 25, 47; ityavyabhicāri tadvacaḥ Ku. 5. 36; vacastatra prayoktavyaṃ yatrokta [Page0939-a+ 56] labhate phalaṃ Subhāsh.

2 A command, order, precept, injunction.

3 Ad- vice, counsel.

4 A hymn.

5 Sing- ing, a song of birds.

6 (In gram.) Number. Comp. kara a. 1. obedient, compliant.

2. executing the orders of another. kramaḥ dis-...