Pāli Dictionary

upavāda

upaprefixvadrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

vad1say; speak

Synonyms

nigghosa, apavāda

Antonyms

anūpavāda

ethics

  • blame; insult; criticism; fault-finding

  • Snp 4.14

    kayavikkaye na tiṭṭheyya, upavādaṃ bhikkhu na kareyya kuhiñci, gāme ca n'ābhisajjeyya, lābhakamyā janaṃ na lapayeyya.

  • SN 1.33

    yo pāṇabhūtāni aheṭhayaṃ caraṃ, par'ūpavādā na karonti pāpaṃ, bhīruṃ pasaṃsanti na hi tattha sūraṃ, bhayā hi santo na karonti pāpan'ti.

upavadati

approximate

upaprefixvadastemtisuffix

via inflected form upavada · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

garahati, upakkosati, vigarahati

general

  • blames; criticizes; reproaches; speaks ill of

  • Kp 9

    na ca khuddam'ācare kiñci, yena viññū pare upavadeyyuṃ, sukhino'va khemino hontu, sabbe sattā bhavantu sukhit'attā.

  • SN 22.87

    na kho maṃ, bhante, attā sīlato upavadatī'ti. no ce kira taṃ, vakkali, attā sīlato upavadati, atha kiñ'ca te kukkuccaṃ ko ca vippaṭisāro'ti?

  • assumes; supposes

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