वाचन

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाचन (vācana).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.t͡ʃən/, [ʋäː.t͡ʃɐ̃n]

Noun[edit]

वाचन (vācanm

  1. the act of reciting, recitation
  2. reading

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाचन (vācana).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

वाचन (vācann

  1. reading

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Vṛddhi derivative of वचन (vacaná).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

वाचन (vācana) stemn

  1. the act of reciting, recitation
  2. reading
  3. 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.

Declension[edit]

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
  • ¹Vedic

Further reading[edit]

  • 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.