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Word (IAST)	Word (Devanagari)	Overview
vad	वद्	cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 40]) vádati, °te (ep. mc. also vādati; Pot. udeyam, [AV.]; pf. uvāda pl. ūdimá, [RV.]; ūde &c., [Br.]; [Up.]; veditha, °dāthuḥ, °duḥ, [Vop.]; aor. avādīt, °diṣuḥ, [RV.] &c. &c.; Subj. vādiṣaḥ, [AV.]; avādiran, [ib.]; vadiṣma, °ṣṭhāḥ, [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 ; 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, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [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 &c.), [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. i, 3, 47]; to triumph, exult, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Pass. udyáte (aor. avādi), to be said or spoken &c., [AV.]; &c. : Caus. vādáyati m.c. also °te (cf. [Pāṇ. i, 3, 89]; aor. avīvadat; 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. i, 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. vadìnti.]
vada	वद	mfn. speaking, a speaker (only ifc.; see ku-v°, priyaṃ-v°)
		speaking well or sensibly, [L.]
		m. N. of the first Veda (with the Magians), [Cat.]
vadi	वदि	ind. (g. svar-ādi; accord. to some for badi, contracted fr. bahula-dina, but cf. vadya) in the dark half of any month (affixed to the names of months in giving dates; see vaiśākha-v°).
vadya	वद्य	mfn. to be spoken &c. (see a-v° and anav)
		N. of the days of the dark lunar fortnight
		n. speech, speaking about, conversing (see brahma-v°, satya-v°).
vadāla	वदाल	m. a kind of Silurus or sheat-fish, [L.]
		an eddy or whirlpool, [L.]
vadāma	वदाम	m. (fr. Persian بادام) an almond, [L.] (cf. bādāma).
vaddhrī	वद्ध्री	v.l. for vadhrī (q.v. under vadhra).
vadaka	वदक	See dur-v°.
vadana	वदन	vádana n. (ifc. f(A). ) the act of speaking, talking, sounding, [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]
		the mouth, face, countenance, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (°naṃ √ kṛ, to make a face or grimace, °nī-√ bhū, to become a face)
		the front, point, [R.]; [Suśr.]
		(in alg.) the first term, initial quantity or term of a progression, [Col.]
		(in geom.) the side opposite to the base, the summit or apex of a triangle, [Āryabh.]
vadara	वदर	°rika &c. See badara.
vaditṛ	वदितृ	mfn. speaking, saying, telling (with acc.), [Śiś.]
		m. a speaker (with gen.), [AitBr.]; [MBh.]
vadman	वद्मन्	vadmán mfn. speaking, a speaker (said of Agni), [RV.]
vadānya	वदान्य	mf(A)n. bountiful, liberal, munificent, a munificent giver, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
		eloquent, speaking kindly or agreeably, affable, [L.]
		m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [MBh.]
vadantī	वदन्ती	vadanta, °ti or °tī. See kiṃ-v°
vadanta	वदन्त	, °ti or °tī. See kiṃ-v°
vadanti	वदन्ति	vadanta, °ti or °tī. See kiṃ-v°
vadanya	वदन्य	mfn. = vadānya, [L.]
vaddaka	वद्दक	v.l. for vaṭṭaka (q.v.)
vaditos	वदितोस्	váditos See √ vad above.
vadiṣṭha	वदिष्ठ	mfn. speaking best or very well, [PañcavBr.]
vadālaka	वदालक	m. = vadāla, a kind of sheat-fish, [L.]
vadāvada	वदावद	mfn. (prob. an old Intens.; cf. carācara, calācala &c.) speaking much or well, a speaker, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 12], Vārtt. 6, [Pat.] (cf. a-vadāvada).
vadamāna	वदमान	mfn. speaking, saying &c.
		glorifying, boasting, [W.]
vadāvadin	वदावदिन्	mfn. id., [Lāṭy.]
vadanendu	वदनेन्दु	m. ‘face-moon’, the face, [W.]
vadantika	वदन्तिक	m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
vaddivāsa	वद्दिवास	m. or n. (?) N. of a place, [Rājat.]
vaditavya	वदितव्य	mfn. to be said or spoken (n. impers.), [AitBr.]; [Sarvad.]
vadabhīkāra	वदभीकार	vadabhī-kāra m. N. of a man g. kurv-ādi (cf. bābhī-kara).
vadanāmaya	वदनामय	m. mouth-disease, face-sickness, [L.]
vadanāsava	वदनासव	m. ‘mouth-liquor’, saliva, spittle, [L.]
vadanaroga	वदनरोग	vadana—roga m. mouth-disease, [VarBṛS.]
vadanodara	वदनोदर	n. ‘mouth-hole’, the jaws, [Bhartṛ.]
vadyapakṣa	वद्यपक्ष	vadya—pakṣa m. the dark fortnight of the lunar month (in which the moon is waning), [MW.]
vadanacchada	वदनच्छद	vadana—cchada w.r. for radana-cch°, [R.]
vadanakaṃja	वदनकंज	vadana—kaṃja n. a lotus-face, [MW.]
vadanamāruta	वदनमारुत	vadana—māruta m. = -pavana, [Śak.]
vadanamadirā	वदनमदिरा	vadana—madirā f. the wine or nectar of the mouth, [Megh.]
vadanapavana	वदनपवन	vadana—pavana m. ‘mouth-wind’, breath, [Śiś.]
vadanasaroja	वदनसरोज	vadana—saroja n. = -kaṃja, [W.]
vadānyaśreṣṭha	वदान्यश्रेष्ठ	vadānya—śreṣṭha m. ‘best of givers’, N. of Dadhyac (q.v.), [Gal.]
vadanaśyāmikā	वदनश्यामिका	vadana—śyāmikā f. ‘blackness of the face’, a kind of disease, [Cat.]
vadanadantura	वदनदन्तुर	vadana—dantura m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.]
vadanamālinya	वदनमालिन्य	vadana—mālinya n. a troubled face, shame-faced appearance, [Bālar.]
vadanapaṅkaja	वदनपङ्कज	vadana—paṅka-ja n. = -kaṃja, [Kāvyād.]

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