ovāda : [m.] advice; exhortation; instruction.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Ovāda [BSk. avavāda in same sense as P.] advice, instruc- tion, admonition, exhortation Vin i.50 = ii.228; ii.255 = iv.52; D i.137 (˚paṭikara, function of a king); J iii.256 (anovādakara one who cannot be helped by advice, cp. ovadaka); Nett 91, 92; DhA i.13, 398 (dasavidha o.); VvA 345. -- ovādaŋ deti to give advice PvA 11, 12, 15.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

ovāda(<[ovadati勸告]): m. 勸告

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