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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ovadati : (ava + vad + a) gives advice; admonishes.

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

Ovadati, (o + vadati. The Sk. avavadati is some centuries later and is diff. in meaning) to give advice, to admonish, exhort, instruct, usually comb^d. with anusāsati.—pres. ovadati Vin. IV, 52 sq.; DhA. I, 11, 13; imper. ovadatu M. III, 267.—pot. ovadeyya Vin. IV, 52 (= aṭṭhahi garudhammehi ovadati); Sn. 1051 (= anusāseyya).—aor. ovadi DhA. I, 397.—inf. ovadituṃ Vin. I, 59 (+ anusāsituṃ).—grd. ovaditabba Vin. II, 5; and ovadiya (see sep.).—Pass. avadiyati; ppr. °iyamāna Pug. 64 (+ anusāsiyamāna). (Page 171)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ovadati (ओवदति) or Avavadati.—(= Pali ovadati), admonishes, instructs; regularly followed by parallel anuśās(a)ti, as also in Pali: samyag avavadati samyag anuśāsti Divyāvadāna 299.10; avavadāmy anuśāsmi, yathā mayā samyag avavaditāḥ samyag avaśiṣṭā(ḥ) Lalitavistara 409.11; taṃ bhagavāṃ ovadatu anuśāsatu Mahāvastu i.321.17; ovadatu me bhavāṃ… anuśāsatu me Mahāvastu iii.206.2—3; ovadeyaṃ Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 351.6; ppp. avavadita Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 70.13; 101.4; gdve. avavaditavya Divyāvadāna 492.29; kevarūpeṇa ovādena ovadanti Mahāvastu i.104.9.

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Ovādati (ओवादति) or Avavādati or Avavādayati or Ovādayati.—; noted only in iminā ovādena ovādito Mahāvastu iii.53.8 and…ovāditvā 10; probably denom. to ovāda (ava°).

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Ovadati (ओवदति) or Ovāda.—(°-), see ava-v°.

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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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Full-text: Ovadiya, Ovadamana, Ovajjamana, Ovaditva, Ovadanta, Avavadati, Ovadi, Ovadita, Ovaditabba, Ovadayati, Avavadayati, Anusasati, Ovada, Vada.

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