Vāc
deity figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Speech · the cow Vāc
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Rigveda
Deified Speech, described as queen of the gods and a milch-cow of strength and joy.
The gods brought forth the divine Vāc;
When Vāc speaks things that lack understanding — she who is the queen of the gods has sat down pleasing;
By sacrifice they traced the track of Speech;
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Goddess of speech invoked to restore the afflicted man from the fetters of Seizure, Nirṛti, and Death.
From the fetters of the Seizure, from the fetters of Nirṛti, from the fetters of Death — may the divine goddess Vāc restore you.
Speech has clung to the bird;
The mighty one has released Speech;