Vacavriddha, Vācavṛddha, Vācāvṛddha: 3 definitions
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Vacavriddha 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.
Vacavriddha has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Vācavṛddha and Vācāvṛddha can be transliterated into English as Vacavrddha or Vacavriddha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Vachavriddha.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVācāvṛddha (वाचावृद्ध):—m. pl. Name einer Göttergruppe im 14ten Manvantara [Viṣṇupurāṇa (II) 3, 28.] vācāvṛtta v. l. vāvṛddha in der 1ten Ausg. [269.]
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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Partial matches: Vriddha, Vaca.
Full-text: Vavriddha, Vacavritta.
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