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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhivad (अभिवद्).—1 U.

1) To speak to, address; परस्त्रियं योऽभिवदेत्तीर्थेऽरण्ये वनेऽपि वा (parastriyaṃ yo'bhivadettīrthe'raṇye vane'pi vā) Manusmṛti 8.356; Y.2.31.

2) To speak of or with reference to, tell, declare, mention; यत्कर्म क्रियमाणं ऋगभिवदति (yatkarma kriyamāṇaṃ ṛgabhivadati) Ait. Br.

3) To express, utter, signify; यद्वाचाऽनभ्युदितं येन वागभ्युद्यते । तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते (yadvācā'nabhyuditaṃ yena vāgabhyudyate | tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate) Ken.1.4.

4) To name, call.

5) To salute, greet; see caus. -caus.

1) To greet or salute respectfully, oft, with the mention of the person saluted and the person who salutes; तात प्राचेतसान्तेवासी लवोऽभिवादयते (tāta prācetasāntevāsī lavo'bhivādayate) Uttararāmacarita 6. भगवन्नभिवादये (bhagavannabhivādaye) V.5; see अभिवाद (abhivāda) also.

2) To cause to salute (with acc. or instr. of agent of action); अभि- वादयते देवं भक्तं भक्तेन वा (abhi- vādayate devaṃ bhaktaṃ bhaktena vā).

3) To utter, pronounce.

4) To play on an instrument.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhivad (अभिवद्).—speak to, salute; say with regard to, mean by a word etc., express, utter, declare to be, call (2 [accusative]). [Causative] address, salute; *[Middle] greet a [person or personal] ([accusative]) by means of another ([accusative] or [instrumental]); make resound i.e. play on ([accusative]).

Abhivad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and vad (वद्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Abhivad (अभिवद्):—[=abhi-√vad] [Parasmaipada] (rarely [Ātmanepada] e.g. [Mahābhārata v, 923]) to address or salute with reverence, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to declare with reference to, express by, name, call, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to say, speak, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Upaniṣad] :

—[Causal] -vādayati, te, to address or salute reverently;

—to present one’s self to ([dative case]), [Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra] :

—[Ātmanepada] to salute through another person ([accusative] or [instrumental case]), [Pāṇini 1-4, 53] [commentator or commentary] [Parasmaipada] to cause to recite, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];—‘to cause to sound’, play (on an instrument), [Mahābhārata iii, 14386.]

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vad, Abhi.

Starts with (+13): Abhivada, Abhivadaka, Abhivadaki, Abhivadan, Abhivadana, Abhivadanamgol, Abhivadanashila, Abhivadane, Abhivadaniya, Abhivadati, Abhivadayat, Abhivadayitar, Abhivadayitri, Abhivaddha, Abhivaddha, Abhivaddha, Abhivaddhamanaka, Abhivaddhana, Abhivaddhati, Abhivaddhaya.

Ends with: Pratyabhivad, Samabhivad.

Full-text: Abhivadana, Abhivada, Abhivadaka, Abhivadati, Abhivadeti, Abhivadita, Abhivadya, Samabhivad, Abhivadanashila, Abhivadayitri, Pratyabhivada, Pratyabhivad, Abhivadin, Abhivadaniya, Abhyudita.

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