Vacakatva, Vācakatva, Vacaka-tva: 3 definitions
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Vacakatva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVācakatva (वाचकत्व):—n. nom. abstr. von vācaka sprechend —, handelnd über [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 332.] von vācaka ausdrückend, bezeichnend [Patañjali] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 10.] [Sāhityadarpana 11, 4.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 140, 22. 141, 8.] varṇānāṃ vācakatve wenn die Buchstaben dasjenige sind, was den Begriff ausdrückt, [9. 142, 10. 143, 1.] vācakalakṣakavyañjakatvena (das suff. gehört zu allen drei Wörtern) trividhaṃ śabdajātam [PRATĀPAR.8,b,3.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text: Vacyavacakatva, Vacakata, Artha.
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Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (by K. A. Subramania Iyer)
Verse 2.339 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 2.188 < [Book 2 - Vākya-kāṇḍa]
Verse 3.3.27 < [Book 3 - Pada-kāṇḍa (3): Sambandha-samuddeśa (On Relation)]
The Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 1093 < [Chapter 16 - Examination of the Import of Words]
Verse 2762-2766 < [Chapter 24b - Arguments against the reliability of the Veda (the Revealed Word)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 2.8 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Text 2.33 < [Chapter 2 - The Natures of Words (śabda)]
Text 4.90 < [Chapter 4 - First-rate Poetry]
Vakyapadiya (study of the concept of Sentence) (by Sarath P. Nath)
3.1. Sentence According to the Mīmāṃsā School < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on the Concept of Sentence]