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संवाचक (saMvAcaka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-saṃvācaka, adj., and °cikā, subst. f., (to Skt. saṃ-vac- plus -aka, -ikā), in hasta-saṃ°, ‘talking with the hands’, by signs (by or to the deaf): °cakaḥ (presumably personal) Mvy 〔7685〕 = Tib. lag brdaḥ byed pa, making hand signs (follows eḍamūka, q.v.)
°cikā, subst. (the process), badhirāṃ °cikayārthaṃ grāhayati Bbh 〔145.6〕, by hand-conversation he makes the deaf understand the meaning.