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    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 82.
    avāc mfn. (-vāk) Dumb.

    E. a priv. vāc speech.

    ☞ p. 82.
    avāc or avāñc mfn. (-vāḍ-vācī-vāk)

    1 Downlooked, headlong.

    2 South. ind. (-vāk).

    1 South, southern.

    2 Downwards. f. (-vācī)

    1 The south quarter.

    2 The lower regions.

    E. ava down, downwards, añc to go, kvip affix; the south being considered as below.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 64, col. 2.
    a-vāc (k) a. Dumb.
    ☞ p. 64, col. 2.
    avā_c or avāñca (ṅ-cī-k) a.
    Down-looked; southern.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 95, col. 1.
    1. a-vāc, k, k, k, speechless, dumb. —Avāk-śruti,

    is, is, i, deaf and dumb.
    ☞ p. 95, col. 1.
    avāc 2 . avāc, āṅ, ācī, āk (fr. 2. ava and

    añc), turned downwards, being or situated below,

    lower than (with abl.); looking downwards, headlong;

    south; (ī), f. the south quarter, the lower regions

    [with avāc has been compared the Lat. au-ster for

    ava-ster].

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 193, col. 1.
    avāc a. [na. ba.] Speechless dumb.

    — n. Brahma.

    Comp.

    — manasagocara a. beyond the power of thought and words, indescribable and inconceivable.

    — śruti a. deaf and dumb.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 106, col. 3.
    1. a-vā́c mfn. id., ŚBr. xiv; VarBṛS.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 68, col. 1.
    avāc

    mfn. (-vāk) Dumb.

    E. a priv. vāc speech.

    ☞ p. 68, col. 2.
    avāc or avāñc

    mfn. (-vāṅ-vācī-vāk)

    1. Downlooked, headlong.

    2. South.
    ind. (-vāk)

    1. South, southern.

    2. Downwards.

    f. (-vācī)

    1. The south
    quarter.

    2. The lower regions.

    E. ava down, downwards, añc to go,
    kvip affix; the south being considered as below.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 262.
    avāc a. [na. ba.] Speechless, dumb. n. Brahman. -Comp. -manasagocara a. beyond the power of thought and words, indescribable and inconceivable. -śruti a. deaf and dumb.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 56, col. 2.
    avāc avāc, th. fort avāñc, a. (añc) tourné en bas; inférieur.

    Méridional.

    avācīna a. mms.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 91, col. 2.
    a-vāc- a. ne parlant pas, muet.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 496.
    avā́c (3. a + vāc) adj. ohne Sprache, stumm AK. 3, 1, 13. H. 349. ŚAT. BR. 14, 6, 8, 8 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3, 8, 8.
    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1066.
    avāc VARĀH. BṚH. 4, 17.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 129.
    ávāc, a., nach unten gerichtet [von áva und ac], in die Tiefe fahrend.

    -ācas [A. p.] dusprāvías avahantā́‿íd ávācas, die schlechtopfernden stösst er herab in die Tiefe {321,6}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 127, col. 3.
    avā́c Adj. sprachlos , stumm.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 22, col. 1.
    avāc (in casibus fortibus avāñc, v. gr. 196. 197; a r.

    añc ire praef. ava) 1) inferus, inferior. 2) meridiona-

    lis. (Lat. aus-ter ortum esse videtur ex praep. ava - cum

    s euphonico sicut supra in avaskara - suff. comp. ter;

    cf. etiam nostrum Osten, germ. vet. ostar, ostana, v. gr.

    comp. 296.). AM.

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 448, col. 2.
    avāc tri0 avāñcati ava + anca—kvip . 1 adhomukhagate,
    “avākśirasamutapādam” bhaṭṭiḥ . avare 2 deśe, 3 kāle
    ca . 4 dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi strī ṅīp . nāsti vāk yasya
    6 ba0 . 5 vākyarahite tri0 vāgindriyaśūnye 6 brahmaṇi
    na0 . “acakṣuṣkamaśrotramamano'tejaskam” śata0 brā0
    pūrvārthe au avāñcau atra avācau ityādibhedaḥ . kālādyarthe
    prathamādīnāṃ sthāne'stāti tasyaluk . 7 avarakālādāvarthe
    avya0 . añcatergatyarthatve nalopaḥ pūjārthatve tu na nalopaḥ .
    ucyate praśasyate vāk stutiḥ . 8 tadrahite ca “duṣprāvyo-
    'vahantedavācaḥ” ṛ0 4, 25, 6, avācaḥstuti rahitāḥ
    bhā0 bhavādau kha . avācīnastadbhavādau tri0 . tisṛbhi-
    rbhastrāvācīnavilā” tā0 brā0 “avācīnavilā avāṅmukha-
    vilā” bhā0 . digā0 yat . avācyastadbhavādau tri0 .