Vāc
deity earth Hindu single tradition · 2
Vāc is a significant Devi, representing sound.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Vedas.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Aranyani, Dinsana, Puramdhi, Parendi, Mahi, Sri, Bharati, Ila, Sarasvant, Prithvi, Agni, Indra, Soma, Vishnu, Deva, devi, Rudra, Nirṛti, Aditi, Savitr, Ratri, Raka, Uṣas, Benzaiten, Marut, Ashura
- manifests as
- Saraswati
- created by
- Prajapati
- syncretized with
- Saraswati
- manifested by
- Saraswati
Mentioned by
and 2 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“The Vedas describes a number of significant Devis such as Ushas (dawn), Prithvi (earth), Aditi (cosmic moral order), Saraswati (river, knowledge), Vāc (sound), Nirṛti (destruction), Ratri (night), Aranyani (forest), and bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, Mahi, among others, mentioned in the Rigveda.”
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“Since speech requires inspired thought, she is also inextricably linked with speech and with the goddess of speech, Vāc, as well as with cows and motherhood. In later sources, like the Yajur Veda, Saraswati is directly identified with Vāc, becoming a deity called Saraswatī-Vāc.”
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