Vadita, Vādita: 12 definitions

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Vadita means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Vādita (वादित) refers to “five kinds of musical instruments”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “Then the Bodhisattva Apāyajaha addressed himself to the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja: ‘Son of good family, please pacify three evil existences’. [...] Then, the rain of gifts, such as flowers, garlands, incenses, unguents, aromatic powers, religious robes, parasols, banners, pennons, five kinds of musical instruments (vādita), songs, male servants, female servants, wives, boys, girls, female attendants, horses, elephants, [...] poured down from the open space. [...]”.

Mahayana book cover
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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vādita : (nt.) music. (pp.) sounded.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vādita, (nt.) (pp. of vādeti) (instrumental) music D. I, 6; III, 183; A. I, 212; II, 209; DhA. IV, 75; DA. I, 77. (Page 608)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

vādita (वादित).—p (S) Sounded. 2 Spoken, uttered, articulated.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vādita (वादित).—p. p.

1) Caused to be uttered, made to speak.

2) Played, sounded.

-tam An instrumental music.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vāḍita (वाडित).—(?) , ppp. (to Sanskrit Gr. vālayati, beside Sanskrit valayati, causes to roll), probably intended in Divyāvadāna 505.10 (sā) naus taiḥ (sc. sūkaraiḥ) parispandamānair vāḍitā (for vālitā), was made to roll (ed. bāḍitā, said by Index to mean sunk; mss. voḍitā, voditā, vāditā).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vādita (वादित).—f.

(-tā) Played, sounded. 2. Made to speak.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vādita (वादित).—[neuter] instrumental music.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vādita (वादित):—[from vāda] mfn. ([from] [Causal] of √vad) made to speak or to be uttered etc.

2) [v.s. ...] made to sound, sounded, played, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] n. instrumental music, [Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa] : [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vādita (वादित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vajjāviya, Vajjia, Vāia, Vāyāvia.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vadita in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vādita (ವಾದಿತ):—[adjective] played (on a musical instument).

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Vādita (ವಾದಿತ):—[noun] the act or an instance of playing a musical instrument.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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