Vivad: 5 definitions

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Vivad means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vivad (विवद्).—1 Ā.

1) To quarrel, dispute; परस्परं विवदमानौ भ्रातरौ (parasparaṃ vivadamānau bhrātarau).

2) To be at variance, to conflict, be in opposition; परस्परं विवदमानानां शास्त्राणाम् (parasparaṃ vivadamānānāṃ śāstrāṇām) H.1.

3) To contend (as in a court of law).

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

Vivad (विवद्).—[Middle] (A.) contradict, dispute or quarrel with ([instrumental], [rarely] [accusative]) about ([locative]); [Causative] commence an action or law-suit.

Vivad is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and vad (वद्).

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

Vivad (विवद्):—[=vi-√vad] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] (cf. [Pāṇini 1-3, 47 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) -vadati, te, ([Parasmaipada]) to contradict, oppose ([accusative]), [Atharva-veda];

— ([Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada]) to be at variance, contest, litigate, dispute with ([instrumental case], rarely [accusative]) or about ([locative case], rarely [accusative]), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] etc. etc. (Ved. [infinitive mood] -vade with √, ‘to be about to quarrel’; [present participle] [Ātmanepada] -vadamāna, ‘disputing’, ‘disputed’, ‘questionable’);

— ([Parasmaipada]) to talk, converse, [Harivaṃśa];

— ([Ātmanepada]) to raise the voice, sing (said of birds), [Rāmāyaṇa] :

—[Causal] -vādayati, to dispute or litigate, commence an action or lawsuit, [Yājñavalkya] :

—[Intensive] (only p. vāvadat), to roar aloud, [Atharva-veda]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vivad (विवद्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vivaya.

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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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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Vivad in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a dispute; altercation, quarrel; discussion; contention, controversy; ~[daspada] controversial; •[dava] controversial claim; ~[di] a disputant, disputing/contending; a discordant note of a [raga] (sometimes used for effect); ~[da uthana] to raise a controversy/dispute/discussion; ~[da karana] to dispute, to altercate, to debate, to wrangle..—vivad (विवाद) is alternatively transliterated as Vivāda.

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