प्रवाद

{ pravādḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : जनश्रुति

A dictionary, Marathi and English

pravāda m S Popular talk, rumor.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

 m  Popular talk.
 m  Popular talk, rumour.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

See : अफवा, लोकवार्ता

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्र-वाद  m.  a m. speaking forth, uttering, [ĀśvŚr.]; [MBh.]

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प्र वाद

expressing, mentioning, [Nir.]
°दाय   talk, report, rumour, popular saying or belief, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (, in order to spread the rumour, [Kathās.]; °देन, according to r°, as the saying goes, [MBh.])
ill rumour about ( gen.), slander, calumny ( pl.), [Kāv.]
mutual defiance, words of challenge (prior to combat), [Bhaṭṭ.]
( ifc.) passing one's self off as, [R.]
(in gram.) any form or case of ( gen. or comp.; opp. to a specified f° or c°), [Prāt.]
प्र-वाद    b &c. See under प्र-√ वद्.

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The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रवादः [pravādḥ]   1 Uttering a word or sound.
Expressing, mentioning, declaring.
Discourse, conversation.
Talk, report, rumour, popular saying or belief; अनुराग- प्रवादस्तु वत्सयोः सार्वलौकिकः [Māl.1.13;] व्याघ्रो मानुषं खादतीति लोकप्रवादो दुर्निवारः [H.1;] [Ratn.4.15.]
A fable or myth.
Litigious language.
Words of challenge, mutual defiance; इत्थं प्रवादं युधि संप्रहारं प्रचक्रतू रामनिशा- विहारौ [Bk.2.36.]
A base or crude form (Ved.); (in gram.) any form or case.
Ill-rumour, slander, calumny; अवापुरारभ्य ततश्चला इति प्रवादमुच्चैरयशस्करं श्रियः [Śi.1.44.]
Pretext, excuse; शत्रुः पतिप्रवादेन ...... बाले परिधृतस्त्वया [Rām.2.7.27.]

Shabda-Sagara

प्रवाद  m.  ( -दः)
1. Rumour, report.
2. Discourse, conversation. 3. Popular belief.
4. A fable, a myth.
5. Litigious language.
6. Mutual defiance the conversation of antagonists prior to combat.
E. प्र spreading, and वाद speech.

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प्र वाद