1 Uttering a word or sound.

2 Expressing, mention- ing, declaring.

3 Discourse, con- versation.

4 Talk, report, ru- mour, popular saying or be- lief; anurāgapravādastu batsayoḥ sārvalau- kikaḥ Māl. 1. 13; vyāghro mānuṣaṃ khāda- tīti lokapravādo durnivāraḥ H. 1; Ratn. 4. 15.

5 A fable or myth.

6 Litigious language.

7 Words of challenge, mutual defiance; itthaṃ pravādaṃ yudhi saṃprahāraṃ pracakratū...