वक

{ vaka dālbhya (baka dālbhya), vaka (baka), vaka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VAKA (BAKA)   See under Baka.
VAKA DĀLBHYA (BAKA DĀLBHYA)   A hermit of Ancient India. The information obtained from Mahābhārata about this hermit is given below. He was a member of the council of Yudhiṣṭhira. [M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Stanza 11] .
(ii) Once Vaka Dālbhya lectured to Yudhiṣṭhira about the greatness of Brāhmaṇas. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 26, Stanza 6] .
(iii) On another occasion he described the welfare of eternal beings to Indra. [M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 193] .
(iv) Once he stopped Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who was going to Hastināpura, and conversed with him on the way. [M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 83, Stanza 65] .
(v) The hermit Baka Dālbhya once talked about how the kingdom of Dhṛtarāṣṭra would be made burnt offering to fire. [M.B. Śalya Parva, Chapter 41, Stanza 5] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : बगुला, बकासुर, अगति, बकासुर, पाशुपत

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

वक (दाल्भ्य) n.  वक दाल्भ्य नामक आचार्य का नामान्तर ( बक दाल्भ्य देखिये ) । कई अभ्यासकों के अनुसार, जैमिनीय उपनिषद ब्राह्मण में निर्दिष्ट ‘ बक दाल्भ्य ’ एवं छांदोग्य उपनिषद एवं काठकसंहिता में निर्दिष्ट ‘वक दाल्भ्य’ दो अलग व्यक्ति थे । किंतु इस संबंध में निश्चित रुप से कहना कठिन है ।

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

   ओऊळ , ओऊळदोडा इ० पहा .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वक   &c. See बक, p.719.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वक [vaka]   See बक.

Shabda-Sagara

वक  m.  ( -कः)
   1. A crane, (Ardea nivea.)
   2. A tree, (Sesbana gran- diflora.)
   3. KUVERA.
   4. The name of a demon.
   5. A small appara- tus for calcining or subliming metals or minerals consisting of two crucibles, one inverted over the other, luted together and placed over a fire.
    E. वच् to speak, or वकि to be crooked, aff. घञ् or अच्; in the latter case the nasal augment is not inserted.

ROOTS:

वच् वकि घञ् अच्;