Vādin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. vāda] speaking (of), saying, asserting, talking; professing, holding a view or doctrine; arguing. Abs. only at A ii.138 (cattāro vādī four kinds of disputants); Sn 382 (ye vā pi c'aññe vādino professing their view). Otherwise -- ˚, e. g. in agga˚ "teacher of things supreme" Th 1, 1142; uccheda˚professing the doctrine of annihilation Nett 111 (see uccheda); kāla˚, bhūta˚ attha˚ etc. speaking in time, the truth & good etc. D i.4, 165; A i.202; V. 205, 265, 328; caṇḍāla˚ uttering the word C. Mhvs 5, 60; tathā˚ speaking thus, consistent or true speaker D iii.135; Sn 430; dhamma˚ professing the true doctrine S iii.138; in combn with vinaya -- vādin as much as "orthodox" Vin iii.175; mahā˚ a great doctrinaire or scholar SnA 540; yatha˚ cp. tathā˚ -- ;sacca˚ speaking the truth A ii.212; the Buddha so -- called Th ii.252 f.; vaṇṇa˚ singing the praises (of) Vin ii.197.