विवादास्पद

Sanskritic tatpuruṣa compound of विवाद (vivād, “controversy, debate”) +‎ आस्पद (āspad, “place; abode; site”).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.ʋɑː.d̪ɑːs.pəd̪/, [ʋɪ.ʋäː.d̪äːs̪.pəd̪]

विवादास्पद • (vivādāspad) (indeclinable)

1. controversial; subject to controversy

• विवादास्पदता (vivādāspadtā, “controversiality”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “विवादास्पद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 929
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “विवादास्पद”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4535

Tatpuruṣa compound of विवाद (vivāda, “dispute; controversy; debate”) +‎ आस्पद (āspada, “place; abode; site”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ʋɑːˈd̪ɑːs̪.pɐ.d̪ɐ/

विवादास्पद • (vivādāspada) (New Sanskrit)

1. controversial; subject to controversy

   Synonym: सांवादिक (sāṃvādika)

   • 1967, The Mysore Orientalist: Volumes 1-4, Oriental Research Institute, University of Mysore, page 68:

     आशासे शीघ्रमेव विशेषानुसन्धानानन्तरं विवादास्पदान् विषयान् यथाप्रमाणं प्रकटयितुम् ॥

     āśāse śīghrameva viśeṣānusandhānānantaraṃ vivādāspadān viṣayān yathāpramāṇaṃ prakaṭayitum .

     I hope to soon show these controversial topics as per the evidence right after special research.

   • 1998, Bhāratī: Volume 49‎, Saṃskṛtapracārapariṣad Rājasthānam:

     बंगदेशस्य (बंगलादेशस्य) विवादास्पदा लेखिका तस्लीमा नसरीनमहोदया निष्पक्षभेदभावरहित-निर्भयलेखन्याः कृते विश्रुता ।

     baṃgadeśasya (baṃgalādeśasya) vivādāspadā lekhikā taslīmā nasarīnamahodayā niṣpakṣabhedabhāvarahita-nirbhayalekhanyāḥ kṛte viśrutā .

     The controversial authoress Ma'am Taslima Nasrin of Bangladesh is famous for her unbiased, undiscriminatory and fearless pen.

   • 2008, P. Nagamuni Reddy, Śikṣā manovijñānam‎, Tirupati: Rāṣṭriyasaṃskṛtavidyāpīṭham, →OCLC, page 103:

     विवादास्पदाः विषयाः न प्रष्टव्याः ।

     vivādāspadāḥ viṣayāḥ na praṣṭavyāḥ .

     Controversial topics are not to be asked about.