This article is about the Sanskrit word. For other meanings see VAC.

Vāk or Vāc (stem ', nominative ') is the Sanskrit word for "speech", "voice", "talk", or "language".

Personified, Vāk is a goddess, most frequently she is identified with Bharati or Sarasvati, the goddess of speech. In the Veda she is also represented as created by Prajapati and married to him; in other places she is called the mother of the Vedas and wife of Indra. Most frequently she is identified with Bharati or Sarasvati, the goddess of speech.

In RV 10.125, Vāk speaks in the first person,

''I, verily, myself announce and utter the word that Gods and men alike shall welcome.

I make the man I love exceeding mighty, make him a sage, a Rsi, and a Brahman. (verse 5, trans. Griffith)

See also

• Hindu deities
• List of Hindu deities
• List of Hinduism-related articles

Reference

• Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0500510881) by Anna Dhallapiccola

Further reading

• Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions (ISBN 8120803795) by David Kinsley

Hindu goddesses | Rigvedic deities

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