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vinayavādī

masc nom sg of vinayavādī (adj); masc nom pl of vinayavādī (adj); fem nom sg of vinayavādī (adj); nt nom pl of vinayavādī (adj); …

1. who speaks about the discipline; who speaks in accordance with the training; lit. speaking vinaya

Built from

• vinaya — stem · discipline, training
  From ni- 'down, into' (restraint) + yam 'to hold'; the restraint held down into practice. Discipline as conduct held in check.
• vādī — stem · speaker, one who speaks
  Agent noun from √vad 'to speak' (cognate with Latin vādum and English word). -ī is the masculine agent suffix.

Analysis. A dvandva compound: vinaya (discipline, training) + vādī (speaker, one who speaks). The term denotes a person characterized by speaking about or in accordance with monastic discipline.

Etymology. Vinaya from √ni 'down, into' + √yam 'to hold, restrain'—training as a holding-down of conduct. Vādī from √vad 'to speak' (cognate with English word, Latin vādāre). The compound appears in the Pali canon to describe monks or nuns devoted to expounding and living by the Vinaya Piṭaka.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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