vac cl. 2. P. ( Dhātup. xxiv, 55 ) vakti (occurs only in sg. vacmi , vakzi , vakti , and Impv. vaktu ; Ved. also cl. 3. P. vi/vakti ; pf. uvA/ca , Uce/ , RV. &c. &c.; uva/kTa , AV. ; vavAca , vavakze/ , RV. ; aor. avocat , °cata , RV. &c. &c.; in Veda also Subj. vocati , °te , vocAti ; Pot. voce/t , °ceta ; Impv. vocatu ; Prec. ucyAsam , Br. ; fut. vaktA/ , ib. &c.; vakzya/ti , RV. &c. &c.; °te , MBh. ; Cond. avakzyat , Br. ; Up. ; inf. va/ktum , Br. &c.; °tave , RV. ; °tos , Br. ; ind.p. uktvA/ , Br. &c.; -u/cya , ib. ), to speak, say, tell, utter, announce, declare, mention, proclaim, recite, describe (with acc. with or without prati dat. or gen. of pers. , and acc. of thing; often with double acc. , e.g. tam idaM vAkyam uvAca , ‘he spoke this speech to him’; with double acc. also ‘to name, call’, Ā. with nom. ‘one's self’; with punar , ‘to speak again, repeat’; or ‘to answer, reply’), RV. &c. &c.; to reproach, revile ( acc. ), Hariv. ; R. : Pass. ucya/te ( aor. avAci , or in later language avoci ), to be spoken or said or told or uttered &c., RV. &c. &c. ( yad ucyate , ‘what the saying is’); to resound, RV. ; to be called or accounted, be regarded as, pass for ( nom. , L. also loc. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c.: Caus. vAcayati , °te ( Pot. vAcayIta , ĀśvGṛ. ; aor. avIvacat ; Pass. vAcyate ), to cause to say or speak or recite or pronounce (with double acc. ; often the object is to be supplied), Br. ; GṛS. ; MBh. &c.; to cause anything written or printed to speak i.e. to read out loud, Hariv. ; Kāv. ; Kathās. &c.; ( Dhātup. xxxiv, 35 ) to say, tell, declare, Bhaṭṭ. ; to promise, MBh. : Desid. vivakzati , °te ( Pass. vivakzyate ), to desire to say or speak or recite or proclaim or declare, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; ( Pass. ) to be meant, Śaṃk. ; Sarvad. : Intens. (only a/vAvacIt ) to call or cry aloud, RV. x, 102, 6.
vac 2 P. ( A. also in non-conjugational tenses; in conjugational tenses it is said to be defective in the third person plural by some authorities, or in the whole plural by others; vakti, uvAca, avocat, vakzyati , vaktuM, ukta ) 1 To say, speak; vErAgyAdiva vakzi K. P. 10 ; ( oft. with two. acc. ); tAmUcatuste priyamapyamiTyA R. 14. 6 ; sometimes with accusative of words meaning ‘speech’; uvAca DAtryA praTamoditaM vacaH R. 3. 25 , 2. 59 ; ka evaM vakzyate vAkyaM Rām. 2 To relate, describe; raGURAmanvayaM vakzye R. 1. 9. 3 To tell, communicate, announce, declare; ucyatAM madvacanAtsAraTiH Ś. 2 ; Me. 98. 4 To name, call; tadekasaptatiguRaM manbaMtaramihocyate Ms. 1. 79. 5 To signify, denote (as sense). 6 To recite, repeat. 7 To censure; reproach. — Caus. ( vAcayati-te ) 1 To cause to speak. 2 To go over, read, peruse. 3 To say, tell, declare. 4 To promise. — Desid. ( vivakzati ) To wish to speak, intend to say (something); vivakzatA dozamapi cyutAtmanA tvayEkamISaM prati sADu BAzitaM Ku. 5. 81.