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Results for निर्वाद

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निर्वादnirvāda1 Blame, reproach.
1. 1 Blame, reproach.
2. Scandal, bad rumour, obloquy; किमात्मनिर्वादकथामुपेक्षे R.14.34; Ki.2.1.
3. Decision of a controversy.
4. Absence of dispute (वादाभाव); निर्वादैर्निर्वदेदेनम् Mb.5.135.37.
5. Rumour, report.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निर्वादnirvādam. (for 1. see p. 542, col. 1) obloquy, censure MBh. Ragh.
1. masculine gender (for 1. see page and participle 542, column 1) obloquy, censure MBh. Ragh.
2. masculine gender rumour, report Lexicographers
3. masculine gender Equivalent to निश्चित-वाद, or निष्ठितव्that the rest of a word is to be supplied Lexicographers
4. masculine gender wrong reading for निर्-वाह Ra1jat. viii, 565.
5. masculine gender absence of dispute or railing W.
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