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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 1317, col. 1.
    ava-vādaka m. a spiritual instructor, Divyāv.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 74, col. 1.
    avavādaka m. Prediger, Lehrer, Divyāvad. 48, 26; 349, 6; 385, 8.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 75, col. 1.
    avavādaka , adj. (to avavadati; = Pali ovādaka),

    instructing, admonishing; m., instructor (in religion); nt.

    also used of a text: Divy 48.26 yas teṣām ṛṣir avavādakaḥ;

    385.8 °kānām agro; 493.5 (ko 'smākam) avavādaka

    ājñaptaḥ; 254.10 kulāvavādako, a family (religious)

    instructor, of a rich man; Gv 171.14 mahāyānasyāvavāda-

    kāni (are instructors in the Mahāyāna) mama kalyāṇami-

    trāṇi; nt., of a work, Rājāvavādakam, see this.