Vādin
Vādin,(adj.) (--°) [fr.vāda] speaking (of),saying,asserting,talking; professing,holding a view or doctrine; arguing.Abs.only at A.II,138 (cattāro vādī four kinds of disputants); Sn.382 (ye vā pi c’aññe vādino professing their view).Otherwise --°,e.g.in agga° “teacher of things supreme” Th.1,1142; uccheda° professing the doctrine of annihilation Nett 111 (see uccheda); kāla°,bhūta° attha° etc.speaking in time,the truth & good etc.D.I,4,165; A.I,202; V,205,265,328; caṇḍāla° uttering the word C.Mhvs 5,60; tathā° speaking thus,consistent or true speaker D.III,135; Sn.430; dhamma° professing the true doctrine S.III,138; in combn with vinaya-vādin as much as “orthodox” Vin.III,175; mahā° a great doctrinaire or scholar SnA 540; yatha° cp.tathā°-; sacca° speaking the truth A.II,212; the Buddha so-called Th.II,252 f.; vaṇṇa° singing the praises (of) Vin.II,197.(Page 608)