Vadati: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vadati : (vad + a) speaks; says; tells.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vadati, (vad, Ved. vadati; Dhtp 134 vada=vacana) to speak, say, tell A. IV, 79; Sn. 1037, 1077 sq.; Pug. 42; PvA. 13, 16, 39; Pot. 1st sg. vade (so read for vado?) M. I, 258; 3rd sg. vadeyya Pv. I, 33; aor. 3rd pl. vadiṃsu PvA. 4.—Cp. abhi°, upa°, pa°, vi°.—Another form (not Caus. : see Geiger, P. Gr. § 1392) is vadeti D. I, 36; Vin. II, 1; Sn. 825; Sn. p. 140 (kiṃ vadetha); J. I, 294; imper. vadehi PvA. 62; Pot. med. 1st pl. vademase D. III, 197; fut. vadessati Sn. 351; aor. vadesi DhA. III, 174.—A specific Pāli formation is a Caus. vādiyati in act. and med. sense (all forms only in Gāthā style), e.g. indic. vādiyati Sn. 824=892, 832; explained as vadati SnA 541, 542, or katheti bhaṇati etc. (the typical Niddesa explanation of vadati: see Nd2 555) Nd1 161. In contracted (& shortened) form Pot. 2nd sg. vajjesi (*vādiyesi) you might tell, i.e. please tell Pv. II, 116 (=vadeyyāsi PvA. 149); III, 67 (same explanation p. 203). The other Pot. forms from the same base are the foll. : 1st sg. vajjaṃ Th. 2, 308; 2nd sg. vajjāsi Th. 2, 307; J. III, 272; VI, 19; and vajja Th. 2, 323; 3rd sg. vajjā Sn. 971 (cp. Nd1 498); J. VI, 526 (=vadeyya C.); 3rd pl. vajjuṃ Sn. 859 (=vadeyyuṃ katheyyuṃ etc. Nd2 555); J. V, 221.—Caus. vādeti to make sound, to play (a musical instrument) J. I, 293; II, 110, 254 (vādeyyāma we might play); Ap 31 (aor. vādesuṃ); PvA. 151 (vīṇaṃ vādento).—Pass. vajjati (*vādiyati) to be played or sounded J. I, 13 (vajjanti bheriyo); Ap 31 (ppr. vajjamāna & aor. vajjiṃsu). ‹-› Another form of ppr. med. (or Pass.) is vadāna (being called, so-called) which is found in poetry only (contracted fr. vadamāna) at Vin. I, 36=J. I, 83.—pp. udita2 & vādita (q. v.).—Caus. II. vādāpeti to cause to be played Mhvs 25, 74 (tūriyaṃ). (Page 599)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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