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{{short description|Vedic goddess |
{{short description|Vedic goddess of speech}} |
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'''Vac''' ({{langx|sa|वाच्}}, ''{{IAST|vāc}}'') is a [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[goddess]] who is a personified form of divine speech. She enters into the inspired poets and visionaries, gives expression and energy to those she loves; she is called the "mother of the Vedas" and consort of [[Prajapati]], the Vedic embodiment of mind.{{Cite book|last=Holdrege|first=Barbara A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlvikndgEmIC&q=Vac+Prajapati&pg=PA48|title=Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture|date=2012-02-01|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-0695-4|language=en}} She is also associated with [[Indra]] in Aitareya Aranyaka.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMXN9h6WX0C&pg=RA1-PA260 ''The Myths and Gods of India''], Alain Daniélou, pages 260-261 Elsewhere, such as in the [[Padma Purana]], she is stated to be the wife of Vision (''Kashyapa''), the mother of Emotions, and the friend of Musicians (''Gandharva''). |
'''Vac''' ({{langx|sa|वाच्}}, ''{{IAST|vāc}}'') is a [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[goddess]] who is a personified form of divine speech. She enters into the inspired poets and visionaries, gives expression and energy to those she loves; she is called the "mother of the Vedas" and consort of [[Prajapati]], the Vedic embodiment of mind.{{Cite book|last=Holdrege|first=Barbara A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlvikndgEmIC&q=Vac+Prajapati&pg=PA48|title=Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture|date=2012-02-01|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-0695-4|language=en}} She is also associated with [[Indra]] in Aitareya Aranyaka.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMXN9h6WX0C&pg=RA1-PA260 ''The Myths and Gods of India''], Alain Daniélou, pages 260-261 Elsewhere, such as in the [[Padma Purana]], she is stated to be the wife of Vision (''Kashyapa''), the mother of Emotions, and the friend of Musicians (''Gandharva''). |
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