V¤c¤: (f.) [vac, vakti & vivakti; cp. v¤c¤° (P. vaco); Vedic vak (vac^-) voice, word, vakya; Av. v¤c¤h & vaxs word; Gr. e)/pos word, o)/y voice, Lat. vox=voice, voco to call; Ohg. gi-wahan to mention etc. The P. form v¤c¤ is a remodelling of the nom. vac after the oblique cases, thus transforming it from the cons. decl. to a vowel (^-a) decl. Of the old inflexion we only find the instr. v¤c¤ Sn 130, 232. The compn forms are both v¤c¤^- and v¤c¨^-] word, saying, speech; also as adj. (-^-) v¤c¤ speaking, of such a speech (e. g. duÂÂha^- Pv I.32, so to be read for dukkha^-). - D III.69 sq., 96 sq., 171 sq.; S IV.132 (in triad kayena v¤c¤ya manasa: see kaya III., and mano II.3); Sn 232 (kayena v¤c¤ uda cetasa va), 397, 451 sq., 660, 973, 1061 (=v¤c¤na Nd2 560); Nd1 504; DhsA 324 (vuccati ti v¤c¤). - In sequence v¤c¤ gira byappatha v¤c¨bheda v¤c¤sika vi¾¾atti, as a defn of speech Vin IV.2, expld at DhsA 324: see byappatha. -- v¤c¤¸ bhindati: (1) to modify the speech or expression SnA 216 (cp. vakya--bheda DhsA 324). (2) to use a word, so say something Vin I.157; M I.207 (Neumann, "das Schweigen brechen"); Miln 231 (i. e. to break silence? So Rh. D. trsln). Cp. the English expression "to break the news." -- v¤c¤ is mostly applied with some moral characterization, as the foll., frequently found: atthasa¸hit¤ A III.244; kaly¤¼a^- A III.195, 261; IV.296; V.155; pisu¼¤ & pharus¤ A I.128, 174, 268 sq.; III.433; IV.247 sq.; DA I.74, 75; Nd1 220, and passim; rakkhita^- S IV.112; viki¼¼a^- S I.61, 204; A I.70; III.199, 391 sq.; sacca^- A II.141, 228; sa¸h¤ A II.141, 228; III.244; IV.172; see also v¤c¨-sucarita; samma^- Vbh 105, 106, 235; VbhA 119; see also magga; hina etc. S II.54.

--¢nurakkhin guarding one's speech Dh 281 (cp. v¤c¤ya sa¸vara DhA IV.86).
--¢bhilapa "speechjabbering," forbidden talk Sn 49 (i. e. the 32 tiracchanakatha Nd2 561).
--uggata with well intoned speech Miln 10.

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