vāda

See also: vada, váda, vadā, vadă, vådă, and vaða

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
  • वाद (Devanagari script)
  • ৰাদ (Bengali script)
  • වාද (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝါဒ or ဝႃၻ (Burmese script)
  • วาท or วาทะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩤᨴ or ᩅᩣᨴ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວາທ or ວາທະ (Lao script)
  • វាទ (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄂𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

vāda m

  1. speech, talk
    • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:
      Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I observe the precept of abstaining from speaking untruthfully.
  2. theory, doctrine
  3. dispute

Declension
Declension table of "vāda" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vādovādā
Accusative (second)vādaṃvāde
Instrumental (third)vādenavādehi or vādebhi
Dative (fourth)vādassa or vādāya or vādatthaṃvādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vādasmā or vādamhā or vādāvādehi or vādebhi
Genitive (sixth)vādassavādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vādasmiṃ or vādamhi or vādevādesu
Vocative (calling)vādavādā

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ဝါဒ (wada.)
  • → Khmer: វាទ (viət)
  • → Thai: พาท (pâat)

References
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vāda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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