Pāli Dictionary

vadati

vadrootastemtisuffix

Part of speech

verb

Synonyms

vadeti, bhāsati, bhaṇati, āroceti, ācikkhati, brūti, anusāsati, katheti,

general

  • says; speaks; tells

  • MN 2

    diṭṭhi-saṃyojana-saṃyutto, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano na parimuccati jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, na parimuccati dukkhasmā'ti vadāmi

  • SN 46.53

    satiñ'ca khv'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, sabb'atthikaṃ vadāmī'ti.

  • disputes; argues; debates

  • Snp 4.3

    vadanti ve duṭṭhamanā'pi eke, atho'pi ve saccamanā vadanti, vādañ'ca jātaṃ muni no upeti, tasmā munī n'atthi khilo kuhiñci.

  • Snp 4.9

    saccan'ti so brāhmaṇo kiṃ vadeyya, musā'ti vā so vivadetha kena, yasmiṃ samaṃ visamaṃ vā'pi n'atthi, sa kena vādaṃ paṭisaṃyujeyya.

  • sounds; plays, of a musical instrument

  • SN 35.246

    tam'enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ, ayaṃ kho, bhante, vīṇā nāma anekasambhārā mahāsambhārā. anekehi sambhārehi samāraddhā vadati

  • advises; instructs

  • MN 15

    pavāreti ce'pi, āvuso, bhikkhu, vadantu maṃ āyasmanto, vacanīyo'mhi āyasmantehī'ti, so ca hoti dubbaco, dovacassakaraṇehi dhammehi samannāgato, akkhamo appadakkhiṇaggāhī anusāsaniṃ

  • says; means, of a text

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

vadāiti
  1. vadāvada

    speaking; talking; (as noun) speaker, one who speaks (often used as the final member of a compound)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

vādāiti
  1. vādāvāda

    speech; statement; assertion; what is said; declaration

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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