Vac or Vak? (Tantram ...)

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Namaste

 

The ending of any Sanskrit noun is variable, due to grammatical

principles technically known as case and sandhi.

 

In an actual Sanskrit sentence, you might

see "vak", "vag", "vacam", "vaca" etc. You wouldn't normally

see "vac". Yet "vac" happens to be the _stem_ form -- the form from

which all the variants can be worked out, if you know Sanskrit

grammar.

 

What to call her in English -- Vac or Vak? Either. It's really a

matter of taste.

 

BTW you are quite right about the "c" in transliterated Sanskrit. It

always sounds like English "ch".

 

Om Shantih

Colin

 

, "msbauju" <msbauju>

wrote:

>

>

> This is quite nice; thanks, Sarabhanga.

> (It's especially good for contemplating while in the bathtub ;-)

> (Ooops; I had promised to be less silly.)

>

> Pronunciation query--I have seen "Vak" and I have seen "Vac",

which I

> assume (quite possibly incorrectly) would be pronounced with

a 'ch'

> sound. Which is correct?

>

> , "Sarabhanga Giri"

> <sarabhanga> wrote:

> >

> > Sarasvati is the Art

> > hidden in a still pool

> > at the source of the flow.

> >

> > Vac is the Voice

> > revealed as the waters swiftly flow,

> > only to return again to the ocean.

> >

> > Sarasvati is the beginning and the end of this Art;

> > and Sarasvati is Vak.

> >

> > Sarasvati is Brahmani,

> > the Power Word of Brahman.

> >

> > Sarasvati is Water and Wisdom,

> > in all of Her true forms.

> >

> > Sarasvati is the immortal flow of eternal Dharma.

> >

> > The Goddess is indeed a "double Yoni"

> > with only sweet Music in between.