वादिन्

{ vādin }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वादिन्  mfn.  mfn. saying, discoursing, speaking, talking, speaking or talking about ( often ifc. or sometimes with acc. of object), declaring, proclaiming, denoting, designating (or sometimes = designated as, addressed by a title &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
   producing sounds, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
वादिन्  m.  m. a speaker, asserter, ( ifc.) the teacher or propounder, or adherent of any doctrine or theory, [MaitrUp.]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]
   a disputant, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
   a plaintiff, accuser, prosecutor ( du. plaintiff and defendant), [Yājñ.]; [Nār.]
   an alchemist, [Kālac.]
वादिन्  f.  m. a player on any musical instrument, musician ( see f.), the leading or key- note, [W.]
वादिन्  m.  m. N. of बुद्ध (as ‘the disputant’), [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

वादिन् [vādin] a.  a. [वद्-णिनि]
    speaking, talking, discoursing.
   Asserting.
   Disputing.
   Designating, designated as; यत्र यत्र वनोद्देशे सत्त्वाः पुरुषवादिनः । वृक्षाः पुरुष- नामानस्ते सर्वे स्त्रीजनाभवन् ॥ [Rām.7.87.13.]
    talking pleasantly; [Rām.2.36.3] (com. वादिन्यः परचित्ता- कर्षकवचनचतुराः). -m.
   A speaker.
   A disputant, an antagonist; तस्याङ्गीकरणेन वादिन इव स्यात् स्वामिनो निग्रहः [Mu.5.1;] [R.12.92.]
   An accuser, a plaintiff.
   An expounder, a teacher.
   (In music) The leading or key- note.
   An alchemist.

Shabda-Sagara

वादिन्  mfn.  ( - दी-दिनी- दि)
   1. speaking, discoursing.
   2. Asserting, de- claring.
  m.  ( - दी)
   1. A sage, an expounder of the law and the Shās- tras.
   2. A plaintiff, an accuser.
   3. leading or key note, (in music.) 4. A disputant.
   5. A speaker.
    E. वद् to speak, णिनि aff.

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वद् णिनि

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

    see : अभियोक्तृ