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Results for वाचंयम

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वाचंयमvācaṃyamaa.Holding the tongue, maintaining perfect silence, silent, taciturn; उपस्थिता देवी तद्वाचंयमो भव V.3; विद्वांसो…
Holding the tongue, maintaining perfect silence, silent, taciturn; उपस्थिता देवी तद्वाचंयमो भव V.3; विद्वांसो वसुधातले परवचःश्लाघासु वाचंयमाः Bv.4.42; वाचंयमत्वात् R.13.44.
Derived forms and compounds
- -मः A sage who maintains rigid silence.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

वाचंयमvācaṃyama[vâkam-yama] a. restraining speech, silent: -tva, n. silence.

[vâkam-yama] adjective restraining speech, silent: -tva, neuter silence.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

वाचंयमvācaṃyamamf(आ)n. restraining speech or voice, silent Br. Up. &c.
1. mf(आ)neuter gender restraining speech or voice, silent Breton Up. etc.
2. masculine gender a sage who practises silence Lexicographers
3. masculine gender Name of a man catalogue or catalogues
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अवाचंयमavācaṃyamamfn. not suppressing the voice, not silent, TBr.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not suppressing the voice, not silent, TBr.

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वाचंयमत्वvācaṃyamatvan. silence Ragh. Kuval.

neuter gender silence Ragh. Kuval.

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