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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वाच्यvācyaa.To be spoken, told or said, to be spoken to or addressed; वाच्यस्त्वया मद्वचनात् स राजा R.14.61 'say to the…

    [वच्-कर्मणि ण्यत्]

    1. To be spoken, told or said, to be spoken to or addressed; वाच्यस्त्वया मद्वचनात् स राजा R.14.61 'say to the king in my name'; न वाच्य- मित्थं पुरुषोत्तम त्वया Śi.1.31.
    2. To be predicated, attributive.
    3. Expressed (as the meaning of a word); Compare लक्ष्य and व्यङ्ग्य.
    4. Blamable, censurable, reprehensible; अप्रदाता पिता वाच्यो वाच्यश्चानुपयन् पतिः । मृते भर्तरि पुत्रश्च वाच्यो मातुररक्षिता ॥ Mb.3.293.35; Śi.2.34; एभिर्मुक्तो महीपालः प्राप्नोति खलु वाच्यताम् H.3.129;4.17.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -च्यम्

      1. Blame, censure, reproach; प्रमदामनु संस्थितः शुचा नृपतिः सन्निति वाच्यदर्शनात् R.8.72,84; चिरस्य वाच्यं न गतः प्रजापतिः Ś.5.15; Śi.3.58.
      2. The expressed meaning, that derived by means of अभिधा quod vide, which see; Compare लक्ष्य and व्यङ्ग्य; अपि तु वाच्यवैचित्र्यप्रतिभासादेव चारुताप्रतीतिः K. Parasmaipada1.
      3. A predicate.
      4. The voice of a verb.
      5. A subject for expounding (प्रतिपाद्य-विषय); पुराणसंख्यासंभूतिमस्य वाच्यप्रयोजने Bhag.12.13.3.

    • -अर्थः expressed meaning.

    • -चित्रम् one of the two kinds of the third or lowest (अधम) division of Kāvya or poetry, in which the charm lies in the expression of a striking or fanciful idea (Opposite of (शब्दचित्र); see चित्र also.

    • -लिङ्ग Adjective adjectival.

    • -वज्रम् severe or harsh language.

    • -वर्जितम् an elliptical expression.

    • -वाचकभाव the state of the signified and the signifier.

    In the Gita18·67

    न चाशुश्रूषवे वाच्यं न च मां योऽभ्यसूयति ॥

    na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṁ na ca māṁ yo'bhyasūyati. — Never is this to be spoken by thee to one without askesis, not to one that is not devoted and not to him who does no service; nor yet to him who… 18·67
    • वाच्यम्vācyamnominative singular of the neuter form of the potential participial adjective vācya (to be or should be spoken).
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  2. अवाच्यavācyaa.Not proper to be addressed; अवाच्यो दीक्षितो नाम्ना यवीयानपि यो भवेत् Ms.2.128.
    1. Not proper to be addressed; अवाच्यो दीक्षितो नाम्ना यवीयानपि यो भवेत् Ms.2.128.
    2. Improper to be uttered; vile, bad; अवाच्यं वदतो जिह्वा कथं न पतिता तव Rām.; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवादांश्च बहून् वदिष्यन्ति तवाहिताः Bg.2. 36.
    3. Not distinctly expressed, not expressible in words; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedता, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedत्वम् impropriety; reproach, calumny; दुर्लभा सत्स्ववाच्यता Ki.11.53.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -देशः 'the unspeakable place', the vulva (योनि).

    • अवाच्य avācya, Adjective Southern, southernly. Compare Śiva. B.6.65.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. वाच्यvācya[vâk-ya] fp. to be spoken, said, told, stated, declared, mentioned, or enumerated; spoken about; to be spoken…

    [vâk-ya] future participle passive to be spoken, said, told, stated, declared, mentioned, or enumerated; spoken about; to be spoken to, addressed, or told (with accusative or oratio recta with iti); expressed, signified, expressly meant by (genitive, --˚); to be spoken against, to be blamed or censured by (instrumental, genitive), censurable; neuter impersonal one should say or speak, about (genitive); neuter reproach, fault (-m gam, expose oneself to reproach); (that of which anything is predicable), substantive: -tva, neuter expression by means of (--˚); -vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like the substantive=following the gen der of the substantive, adjectivally.

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  2. अनिर्वाच्यanirvācya[a-nir-vâkya] fp. inexpressible; -vâna, pp. unextinguished, unended; un tamed, wild; -vâhya, gd. without…

    [a-nir-vâkya] future participle passive inexpressible; -vâna, perfect passive participle unextinguished, unended; un tamed, wild; -vâhya, gerund (indeclinable participle) without executing.

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  3. अवाच्यavācya[a-vâk-ya] fp. not to be addressed; not to be uttered; not directly expressed: -tâ, f. abuse, invective.

    [a-vâk-ya] future participle passive not to be addressed; not to be uttered; not directly expressed: -tâ, feminine; also equal for abuse, invective.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. वाच्यvācyaNom. P. ˚यति, fr. वाच् Pa1n2. 1-4, 15 Sch.
    1. Nominal verb Parasmaipada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयति, from वाच् Pa1n2. 1-4, 15 Scholiast or Commentator
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be spoken or said or told or announced or communicated or stated or named or predicated or enumerated or spoken of Up. Mn. MBh. etc. (neuter gender impersonal or used impersonally it is to be spoken or said etc.)
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be addressed or spoken to about anything (accusative or nominative case with इति) Mn. Hariv. Ka1v. etc.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be directed that (with यथा) MBh.
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be told about (Equivalent to still untold) Ka1tyS3r.
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be expressed or designated or meant expressly by (genitive case or compound) ChUp. S3am2k. Sa1h. etc.
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective to be spoken against, blamable, censurable by (genitive case or instrumental case) Mn. MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    8. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective used as a substantive Vop.
    9. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (वाच्य्/अ), belonging to the voice etc. VS.
    10. masculine gender metronymic of the R2ishi ऋषि Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति fg-veda
    11. neuter gender what may be said against any one or anything, blame, censure, reproach, fault (वाच्यं-√गम्, to undergo blame) MBh. Ka1v.
    12. neuter gender that of which anything is predicated, a substantive Vop.
    13. neuter gender a predicate W.
    14. neuter gender the voice of a verb (exempli gratia, 'for example' कर्तरि-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, the active voice; कर्मणि-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, the passive voice) ibidem
    15. neuter gender Equivalent to प्रतिपादन Lexicographers
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  2. अत्यन्ततिरस्कृतवाच्यध्वनिatyantatiraskṛtavācyadhvanif. (in rhetoric) a metaphoric

    feminine (in rhetoric) a metaphoric

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  3. अनभिहितवाच्यanabhihitavācyaomission of a particle required by the sense, Kpr.

    omission of a particle required by the sense, Kpr.

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  4. अनिर्वाच्यanirvācyamfn. id.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the same

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  5. अवाच्यavācya(also) not deserving censure, unblamable irreproachable, Mr2icch.
    1. (also) not deserving censure, unblamable irreproachable, Mr2icch.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not to be addressed Mn. ii, 128, improper to be uttered R. Katha1s.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (अ वाच्यं कर्म मैथुनम्) commentator or commentary on S3Br.
    4. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective "not distinctly expressed", see -त्व .
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective southern, southerly Lexicographers
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