Dear Veeranarayana Pandurangi,

according to Böhtlingk’s PW vāká- refers to ‘Spruch, Recitation, Formel im Ritus’ (Apte ‘speech, uttering’), a specific kind of expression destined for the ritual context. Alfred Ludwig (forthcoming) translates the whole stanza:

“by the gâyatra-metre he measures the arka, 

by the arka the sâma, by the trišṭubh-metre the vâka |

by the vâka, that has two feet, the vâka that has four (read: catušpadam); 

by the mora he measures the seven modes of singing || 24 ||”

Best,

RS

 

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>>> Veeranarayana Pandurangi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> 24.07.19 16.01 Uhr >>>

Dear friends,

 I am baffled by meaning of Vaaka that appears in RV  १,१६४.२४  गायत्रेण प्रति मिमीते अर्कमर्केण साम त्रैष्टुभेन वाकम् ।

१,१६४.२४ वाकेन वाकं द्विपदा चतुष्पदाक्षरेण मिमते सप्त वाणीः ॥

It is also found in MB

“यं वाकेष्वनुवाकेषु निषत्सूपनिषत्सु च । गृणन्ति सत्यकर्म्माणं सत्यं सत्येेेेषु सामनि। 

I  request all of you to kindly Enlighten me.

I have seen S Jamison translation with no use. 

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