Ovadati
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ovadati : [ava + vad + a] gives advice; admonishes.
Ovadati [o + vadati. The Sk. avavadati is some centuries later and is diff. in meaning] to give advice, to admonish, exhort, instruct, usually combd. with anusāsati. -- pres. ovadati Vin iv.52 sq.; DhA i.11, 13; imper. ovadatu M iii.267. -- pot. ovadeyya Vin iv.52 (= aṭṭhahi garudhammehi ovadati); Sn 1051 (= anusāseyya). -- aor. ovadi DhA i.397. -- inf. ovadituŋ Vin i.59 (+ anusāsituŋ). -- grd. ovaditabba Vin ii.5; and ovadiya (see sep.). -- Pass. avadiyati; ppr. ˚iyamāna Pug 64 (+ anusāsiyamāna).
