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vāde

vāda

masc acc pl of vāda (adj); nt acc pl of vāda (adj); masc loc sg of vāda (adj); nt loc sg of vāda (adj); …

1. vāda (adj): holding a belief; having a doctrine
2. vāda (masc): speech; statement; assertion; what is said
3. vāda (masc): debate; argument; disputation
4. vāda (masc): saying; mentioning
5. vāda (masc): declaration; statement; assertion; claim
6. vāda (masc): doctrine; religious belief; belief system
7. vādeti (pr): plays a musical instrument; lit. causes to speak
8. vādati (pr): (of a musical instrument) sounds; plays; lit. causes to speak

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

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

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