प्रवद्

{ pravad }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रवद्    a in comp. for °वत्.
प्र-√ वद्    b P. Ā. -वदति, °ते ( Ved. inf. प्र॑-वदितोस्), to speak out, pronounce, proclaim, declare, utter, say, tell, [RV.] &c. &c.;

to speak to ( acc.), [Bhaṭṭ.];

to raise the voice (said of birds and animals), [R.]; [Var.];

to roar, splash (said of water), [ĀśvGṛ.];

( cf. अ-प्रवदत्) to assert, affirm, state, [ŚvetUp.]; [Var.];

to pronounce to be, call, name (2 acc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.;

to offer for sale (with instr. of price), [Pañcat.] ( v.l.) :

Caus. -वादयति, to cause to sound, play (with acc. of the instrument), [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.;

(without an object) to play, make music, [Hariv.] (also -वाद्यति, with act. meaning, [MBh. xii, 1899]).

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प्र √ वद्

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रवद् [pravad]   1 [P.]
   To say, speak, utter.
   To speak to, address; सुग्रीवः प्रावदन् नृपम् [Bk.7.24.]
   To name, call.
   To regard, consider.
   To converse or talk with.
   To proclaim, declare. -Caus.
   To cause to speak.
   To play on (a musical instrument).

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WordNet

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