vāda

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vada"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• वाद (Devanagari script)
• ৰাদ (Bengali script)
• වාද (Sinhalese script)
• ဝါဒ or ဝႃၻ (Burmese script)
• วาท or วาทะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາທ or ວາທະ (Lao script)
• វាទ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

vāda m

1. speech, talk
   • c. 500 BC, Gautama Buddha, Aṅguttara Nikāya, Pañcasīlāni; republished in Sangharakshita, Sangharakshita Complete Works, Windhorse Publications, 2019, →ISBN, Appendix: The Five Precepts:

     Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

     I observe the precept of abstaining from speaking untruthfully.

2. theory, doctrine
3. dispute

Declension

Declension table of "vāda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vādo	vādā
Accusative (second)	vādaṃ	vāde
Instrumental (third)	vādena	vādehi or vādebhi
Dative (fourth)	vādassa or vādāya or vādatthaṃ	vādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vādasmā or vādamhā or vādā	vādehi or vādebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vādassa	vādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vādasmiṃ or vādamhi or vāde	vādesu
Vocative (calling)	vāda	vādā

Derived terms

• jātivāda
• musāvāda

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဝါဒ (wada.)
• → Khmer: វាទ (viət)
• → Thai: พาท (pâat)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vāda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead