vad cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiii, 40) vádati, ○te (ep. m. c. also vādati

• Pot. udeyam AV

• pf. uvāda pl. ūdimá RV

• ūde &c. Br. Up

• veditha, ○dailuḥ, ○duḥ Vop

• aor avādīt, ○diṣuḥ RV. &c. &c

• Subj. vādiṣaḥ AV

• avâdiran ib

• vadiṣma, ○ṣihāḥ Br

• Prec' udyāt ib

• fut. vadiṣyáti, ○te AV. &c

• inf. váditos Br

• vaditum ib. &c

• ind. p. uditvā GṛŚrS

• -udya Br.), to speak, say, utter, tell, report, speak to, talk with, address (P. or Ā

• with acc. of the thing said, and acc. [with or without abhi] or gen., or loc. of the person addressed [Page 916, Column 2]

• also followed by yad, 'that', or by yadi, 'whether') RV. &c. &c

• (P.) to praise, recommend MBh

• to adjudge, adjudicate TS. BhP

• to indicate, designate VarBṛS

• to proclaim, announce, foretell, bespeak AśvGṛ. MBh. Kāv. &c

• to allege, affirm ib

• to declare (any one or anything) to be, call (two acc. or acc. and nom. with iti) AV. &c. &c

• (with or scil. vācam) to raise the voice, sing, utter a cry (said of birds and 9.) RV. &c. &c

• (Ā) to say, tell, speak to (acc.) ŚBr. &c. &c

• to mention, state, communicate, name TS. R. Hariv

• to confer or dispute about RV. TS

• to contend, quarrel ŚBr

• to lay claim to (loc.) AitBr

• to be an authority, be eminent in (loc.) Pāṇ. 1-3, 47

• to triumph, exult Bhaṭṭ.: Pass. udyáte (aor. avādi), to be said or spoken &c. AV. &c. &c.: Caus. vādáyati m. c. also ○te (cf. Pāṇ. 1-3, 89

• aor. aviivadat

• Pass. vādyate, ep. also ○ti), to cause to speak or say MBh

• to cause to sound, strike, play (with instr., rarely loc. of the instrument) ŚBr. MBh. &c

• to play music MBh. R. Hariv

• (with bahu) to make much ado about one's self. Subh

• to cause a musical instrument (acc.) to be played by (instr.) Pāṇ. 1-1, 58 Vārtt. 2 Pat

• to speak, recite, rehearse Hariv.: Desid. vivadiṣati, ○te, to desire to speak, Br Gobh.: Intens. vā́vadīti (RV. AV.), vāvadyáte, (ŚBr.), vāvatti (Gr.), to speak or sound aloud. [Cf. Lit. vadínti.]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William