vācaspati | वाचस्पति | vAcaspati
vāca/s—pa/ti | वाच/स्—प/ति | (vāca/s- | वाच/स्- |), m. ‘lord of voice or speech’, N. of a divine being (presiding over human life which lasts as long as there is voice in the body; applied to Soma, Viśva-karman, Prajā-pati, Brahmā &c., but esp. to Bṛhas-pati, who is lord of eloquence, preceptor of the gods, and regent of the planet Jupiter), RV.; AV. &c.
a master of speech, orator, BhP.
N. of a Ṛṣi, a lexicographer, a philosopher &c., Sarvad.; Uṇ., Sch. &c.
a master of speech, orator, BhP.
N. of a Ṛṣi, a lexicographer, a philosopher &c., Sarvad.; Uṇ., Sch. &c.