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ovādena

ovāda

masc instr sg of ovāda (noun)

1. advice; instruction; encouragement; exhortation; lit. speaking down
2. order; command; lit. speaking down

Etymology. ava + √vad > vād + *a; from √vad 'say, speak'; Sanskrit avavāda [avavad]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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