vacas n. 1 A speech, word, sentence; uvAca DAtryA praTamoditaM vacaH R. 3. 25 , 47 ; ityavyaBicAri tadvacaH Ku. 5. 36 ; vacastatra prayoktavyaM yatrokta ( pb ) laBate PalaM Subhāṣ. 2 A command, order, precept, injunction. 3 Advice, counsel. 4 A hymn. 5 Singing, a song of birds. 6 (In gram. ) Number. Comp. — kara a. 1 obedient, compliant. 2 executing the orders of another. — kramaH discourse. — grahaH the ear. — pravfttiH f. an attempt at speaking; avyaktavarRaramaRIyavacaH pravfttIn Ś. 7. 17.
(masc, masc, mano group, from vacati) word; statement; speech; saying (of) word, saying Construction: √vac + as