As a Hindi name
वादन · noun · masculine
बाजा बजाना · बाजा · वह जो संगीतवाद्य को बजाता हो (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वादन" is वाद + -न: वाद means "Speaking, talking", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sound, sounding, playing a mus˚ instr˚, music, &c.
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Dictionary citations
vādana m. a player on any musical instrument, musician, R.
vādana n. = -ḍaṇḍa, ŚrS.
vādana n. (ifc. f(ā). ) sound, sounding, playing a mus˚ instr˚, music, Mn.; MBh. &c.
vādana n. (-naṃ) Sound, sounding, (as musical instruments.) E. vada to sound, causal form, aff. lyuṭ.
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