वाचन
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.t͡ʃən/, [ʋäː.t͡ʃɐ̃n]
Declension
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “वाचन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “वाचन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाचन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋa.t͡ɕən/
Related terms
- वाचणे (vācṇe)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “वाचन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाचन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱাচন (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬵᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
- বাচন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဝါစန (Burmese script)
- વાચન (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦴꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂰𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ವಾಚನ (Kannada script)
- វាចន (Khmer script)
- ວາຈນ (Lao script)
- വാചന (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵାଚନ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢵꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
- වාචන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩛𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚭𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
- வாசந (Tamil script)
- వాచన (Telugu script)
- วาจน (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨊𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Noun
वाचन • (vācana) stem, n
- the act of reciting, recitation
- reading
- chanting
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.8.10:
- श्रीनन्द उवाच अलक्षितोऽस्मिन् रहसि मामकैरपि गोव्रजे। कुरु द्विजातिसंस्कारं स्वस्तिवाचनपूर्वकम्॥
- śrīnanda uvāca alakṣitoʼsmin rahasi māmakairapi govraje. kuru dvijātisaṃskāraṃ svastivācanapūrvakam.
- Nanda Mahārāja said [to Garga Muni]: My dear great sage, if you think that your performing this process of purification will make Kaṃsa suspicious, then secretly do the chanting of Vedic hymns and perform the purifying process of second birth here in the cow shed of my house, without the knowledge of anyone else, even my relatives, for this process of purification is essential.
- श्रीनन्द उवाच अलक्षितोऽस्मिन् रहसि मामकैरपि गोव्रजे। कुरु द्विजातिसंस्कारं स्वस्तिवाचनपूर्वकम्॥
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of वाचन (vācana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाचनम् vācanam |
वाचने vācane |
वाचनानि / वाचना¹ vācanāni / vācanā¹ |
| Vocative | वाचन vācana |
वाचने vācane |
वाचनानि / वाचना¹ vācanāni / vācanā¹ |
| Accusative | वाचनम् vācanam |
वाचने vācane |
वाचनानि / वाचना¹ vācanāni / vācanā¹ |
| Instrumental | वाचनेन vācanena |
वाचनाभ्याम् vācanābhyām |
वाचनैः / वाचनेभिः¹ vācanaiḥ / vācanebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वाचनाय vācanāya |
वाचनाभ्याम् vācanābhyām |
वाचनेभ्यः vācanebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वाचनात् vācanāt |
वाचनाभ्याम् vācanābhyām |
वाचनेभ्यः vācanebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वाचनस्य vācanasya |
वाचनयोः vācanayoḥ |
वाचनानाम् vācanānām |
| Locative | वाचने vācane |
वाचनयोः vācanayoḥ |
वाचनेषु vācaneṣu |
| Notes |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “वाचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 937, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वाचन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वाचन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “vācana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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