pravAdaH 1 Uttering a word or sound. 2 Expressing, mentioning, declaring. 3 Discourse, conversation. 4 Talk, report, rumour, popular saying or belief; anurAgapravAdastu batsayoH sArvalOkikaH Māl. 1. 13 ; vyAGro mAnuzaM KAdatIti lokapravAdo durnivAraH H. 1 ; Ratn. 4. 15. 5 A fable or myth. 6 Litigious language. 7 Words of challenge, mutual defiance; itTaM pravAdaM yuDi saMprahAraM pracakratU rAmaniSAvihArO Bk. 2. 36. 8 A base or crude form ( Ved. ).