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ovadanti

ovadati

pr 3rd pl of ovadati (verb)

1. advises; instructs; admonishes; lit. speaks down

Etymology. ava + vada + ti; from √vad 'say, speak'; Sanskrit avavad (bsk) [avavad]

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

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