in comp. for °vat.
pra-√ vad P. Ā. -vadati, °te (Ved. inf. prá-vaditos), to speak out, pronounce, proclaim, declare, utter, say, tell, [RV.] &c. &c.; to speak to (acc.), [Bhaṭṭ.]; to raise the voice (said of birds and animals), [R.]; [Var.]; to roar, splash (said of water), [ĀśvGṛ.]; (cf. a-pravadat) to assert, affirm, state, [ŚvetUp.]; [Var.]; to pronounce to be, call, name (2 acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to offer for sale (with instr. of price), [Pañcat.] (v.l.) : Caus. -vādayati, to cause to sound, play (with acc. of the instrument), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; (without an object) to play, make music, [Hariv.] (also -vādyati, with act. meaning, [MBh. xii, 1899]).