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'''Vach''' ({{lang-sa|वाच्}}, ''{{IAST|vāc}}''), a [[Vedas|Vedic]] [[goddess]] is a personified form of speech. She enters into the inspired poets and visionaries, gives expression and energy to those she loves; she is called the "mother of the Vedas" and consort of [[Prajapati]], the Vedic embodiment of mind.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Holdrege|first=Barbara A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlvikndgEmIC&q=Vac+Prajapati&pg=PA48|title=Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture|date=2012-02-01|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-1-4384-0695-4|language=en}}</ref> She is also associated with [[Indra]] in Aitareya Aranyaka.<ref name=vacref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1HMXN9h6WX0C&pg=RA1-PA260 ''The Myths and Gods of India''], Alain Daniélou, pages 260-261</ref> Elsewhere, such as in the Padma Purana, she is stated to be the wife of Vision (''Kashyapa''), the mother of Emotions, and the friend of Musicians (''Gandharva'').<ref name=vacref/><br />
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She is identified with goddess [[Sarasvati]] in later Vedic literature and post-Vedic texts of Hindu traditions. Sarasvati has remained a significant and revered deity in [[Hinduism]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Kinsley|title=Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hgTOZEyrVtIC&pg=PA222 |year=1987|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0394-7|pages=55, 222}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Hindu deities]]<br />
*[[Rigvedic deities]]<br />
*[[Śabda]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*''Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend'' ({{ISBN|0500510881}}) by Anna Dhallapiccola<br />
*''Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions'' ({{ISBN|8120803795}}) by David Kinsley<br />
*Nicholas Kazanas, ''Vedic Vāc and Greek logos as creative power: a critical study'' (2009)<br />
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