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Entry वाङ्मय

वाङ्मयvāṅmayaa.(-यी f.)
1. (-यी Feminine)
2. Consisting of words; लिपेर्यथावद्- ग्रहणेन वाङ्मयं नदीमुखेनेव समुद्रमाविशत् R.3.28; इत्येषा वाङ्मयी पूजा श्रीमच्छंकरपादयोः Śiva-mahimna 4.
3. Relating to speech or words; Ms.12.6; स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते Bg.17.15.
4. Endowed with speech; अयमात्मा वाङ्मयो मनोमयः प्राणमयः Bṛi. Up.1.5.3.
5. Eloquent, rhetorical, oratorical.
Derived forms and compounds
- -यम्
  
  Speech, language; म्यरस्तजभ्नगैर्लान्तैरेभिर्दशभिरक्षरैः । समस्तं वाङ्मयं व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यमिव विष्णुना Chand. M.1.7; द्विधाप्रयुक्तेन च वाङ्मयेन सरस्वती तन्मि- थुनं नुनाव Ku.7.9; Śi.2.72.
  
  Eloquence.
  
  Rhetoric.
- -यी The goddess Sarasvatī.
In the Gita17·15

स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनं चैव वाङ्मयं तप उच्यते ॥

svādhyāyābhyasanaṁ caiva vāṅmayaṁ tapa ucyate. — Speech causing no trouble to others, true, kind and beneficial, the study of Scripture, are called the askesis of speech. 17·15
- वाङ्मयम्vāṅmayamnominative singular of the neuter form of the adjective vāṅmaya (speech).
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