The corpus record — Sanskrit

vada

vaḍā f. ( cf. = vaṭa) a small lump, globule, round mass or cake, L.

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Distribution

Mandukya Upanisad 1 · 5.13/10k
Katha Upanisad 1 · 4.64/10k
Taittiriya Upanisad 2 · 3.77/10k
Bhagavad Gita 2 · 2.33/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 2 · 0.43/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

Senses

1. vaḍā

vaḍā f. ( cf. = vaṭa) a small lump, globule, round mass or cake, L.

2. ثَد

vad cl. 1. P. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxiii, 40 ) vadati, te ( ep. mc. also vādati; Pot. udeyam, AV. ; pf. uvāda pl. ūdima, RV. ; ūde &c., Br. ; Up. ; veditha, dāthuḥ, duḥ, Vop. ; aor. avādīt, diṣuḥ, RV. &c. &c.; Subj. vādiṣaḥ, AV. ; avA diran , ib. ; vadiṣma, ṣṭhāḥ, Br. ; Prec. udyāt, ib. ; fut. v

3. ثَدَ

vada mfn. speaking, a speaker (only ifc. ; see kuv, priyaṃv)

4. vāḍ

vāḍ See √ bāḍ.

5. vāda

vāda mfn. ( fr. √ vad) speaking of or about (see brahmav)

Attestations

vada Bhagavad Gita 3.2
vādaḥ Bhagavad Gita 10.32
vadanam Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,8.8
vada Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.7
vādaṃ Chandogya Upanisad chup_1,8.2
vadanaṃ Chandogya Upanisad chup_5,2.1

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 3, scan p. 749; entry #11747 Review: Under source audit

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