a. [vac-karmaṇi ṇyat] 1 To be spoken, told or said, to be spoken to or addressed; vācyatvayā madvacanātsa rājā R. 14. 61 ‘say to the king in my name’.

2 To be predicated, attributive.

3 Expressed (as the meaning of a word); cf. lakṣya and [Page0957-b+ 56] vyaṃraya.

4 Blamable, censurable, re- prehensible; Śi. 20. 34; ebhirmuktoma- hīpālaḥ prāpnoti khalu vācyatāṃ H. 3. 129, 4. 17. cyaṃ 1 Blame, censure,...