Vachaspati

Vachaspati

Vachaspati ("IAST|vacaspati" "lord of Vac (speech)") is a Rigvedic deity presiding over human life. The name is applied especially to Brhaspati, the lord of eloquence, but also to Soma, Vishvakarman and Prajapati.

Other Uses

* Vacaspati is also term for an orator in the Bhagavata Purana, and the name of a rishi, a lexicographer, a philosopher, and others.

* Vacaspati is also the name of a poet, "prasasti" (panegyric) to Bhavadeva Bhatta. He is also called "Vacaspati Kavi" (poet Vachaspati) to distinguish him from the Sanskrit scholar Vachaspati Misra.

* For the Carnatic music (South Indian Classical music) Melakarta ragam, see Vachaspati (ragam).


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