वाचस्पति m. (
-तिः)
1. VRIHASPATĪ: see the last.
2. A title of the great scholar Professor TĀRĀ-NĀTHA TARKA-BĀCHASPATĪ, son of the illustrious Pandit KĀLI-DĀSA SĀRBABHOUMA and grandson of the Venerable Pandit RĀM-RĀM TARKASIDDHĀNTA, the commentator of the six different schools of Hindu philosophy: (Vide Mr. ADAM'S report on the researches of the Pandits of Bengal.) He was born at KĀLNĀ, situated on the bank of the river BHĀGIRATHĪ, in the District of BURDWĀN in the year 1806 A. D. and died at the sacred city of BENARES in 1885, at the ripe age of eighty, where he retired for abstract meditation [Page641-a+ 60] and contemplation of the Supreme Spirit. He is the commentator “of SĀNKHYA-TATWA-KOUMUDĪ,” of BĀCHASPATĪ MISHRA, “SIDDHĀNTA-KOUMUDĪ,” the most authoritative grammar of PĀNINĪ methodised by BHATTOJI-DIKSHITA, and several Sanskrit dramas; he is also the author of “SHABDĀRTHARATNA”, a useful work on the philosophy of grammar, “SIDDHĀNTABINDUSĀRA,” &c.; he is also the compiler of “ĀSHUBODH,” the well known Sanskrit grammar, “DHĀTURUPA,” the easy treatise on the paradigm of Sanskrit conjugations, both meant for beginners, “VĀCHASPATYA,” the first voluminous Sanskrit dictionary with derivations in al- phabetical order and “SHABDASTOMA-MAHĀNIDHĪ”, the most useful handy Sanskrit dictionary, and other works in almost all the bran- ches of Sanskrit language too numerous to mention, all of which he wrote single-handed.
E. वाच् speech, in the sixth case,
पति master.