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The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the Vedic concept of language as presented
in the Brāhmaṇas and to show that, according to the Vedic thinkers, language not only
expresses thoughts but also it is a social phenomenon which cannot develop without a
speaking community. It is argued that cosmos, gods and society divided into four social
states (varna) can be seen as God’s language and that the creation of the cosmos and
society conveys the concept of God, who not only wants to express itself in its creation
but also to talk via various speakers. This would reveal the Vedic concept of language
seen as the means of self-expression in discourse.