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    See also anuvāka.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 80, col. 1.
    anuvākaḥ [anūcyate iti, vac ghañ kutvaṃ P. II. 4. 29 Vārt.]

    1 Repeating, reciting, reading.

    2 A subdivision of the Vedas, section, chapter.

    3 Chapter or section referring to a compilation from the Ṛgveda or Yajurveda (ṛgyajuḥsamūha).

    Comp.

    anukramaṇī N. of a table of contents attributed to Śaunaka.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 106.
    anuvākaḥ [anūcyate iti, vac ghañ kutvam P.II.4.29 Vārt.] 1 Repeating, reciting reading. anuvākahatābuddhiḥ Mb.5.132.6. -2 A subdivision of the Vedas, section, chapter; jetuṃ jaitrānatha khalu japansūktasāmānuvākān Mv.3.23. -3 Chapter or section referring to a compilation from the Ṛigveda or Yajurveda (ṛgyajuḥsamūha). -4 A statement in the brāhmaṇas illustrating the mantrās; yaṃ vākeṣvanuvākeṣu niṣatsūpaniṣatsu ca Mb.12.47.26. -Comp. -anukramaṇī N. of a table of contents, referring to the Ṛigveda, attributed to Śaunaka. -saṅkhyā the fourth of the eighteen Pariśiṣṭas of the Yajurveda.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 51.
    anuvākaḥ , puṃ, (anūcyate anu + vac + ghañ, kutvaṃ .)
    ṛgyajuḥsāmasamūhaḥ . ityamaraḥ .. vedaviśeṣaḥ .
    iti subhūtiḥ .. (jetuṃ jaitrānatha khalu japan sūkta-
    sāmānuvākān . iti mahāvīracarite .)