pra-vāda m. speaking forth, uttering, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]
expressing, mentioning, [Nir.]
talk, report, rumour, popular saying or belief, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (°dāya, in order to spread the rumour, [Kathās.]; °dena, according to rumour, as the saying goes, [MBh.])
ill rumour about (gen.), slander, calumny (pl.), [Kāv.]
mutual defiance, words of challenge (prior to combat), [Bhaṭṭ.]
(ifc.) passing one's self off as, [R.]
(in gram.) any form or case of (gen. or comp.; opp. to a specified form or case), [Prāt.]
pra-vāda &c. See under pra-√ vad.