# एकपाद (ekapāda)

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एकपाद (ekapāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning a single foot, one quarter, the same quarter stanza, having or using only one foot, the name of a fabulous people, the name of a country. Its 12 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Epithet/Name of Deities, A quarter (unit/measure), A single foot (limb).

- **SLP1:** `ekapAda`  **IAST:** ekapāda  **Devanagari:** एकपाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekapada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ekapada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** एकपदा (ekapadā), एकपद (ekapada)

## Meanings by context

### Epithet/Name of Deities (3 definitions)
- 1. An epithet of Vishnu. 2. An epithet of Shiva.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकपाद (ekapāda) [Printed book page 152-02 ] एक - पाद (eka-pāda) m. an epithet (1) of Vishṇu, (2) of Śiva. [ ID=7416 ]
- a Bhairava god  
  *The Purana Index*
  > एकपाद (ekapāda) [Printed book page 1-276 ] Ekapāda (I) — a Bhairava god. Br. IV. 20. 82. [ ID=2200 ]
- a name of Vighnesha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ekapāda (II) — a name of Vighneśa. Br. IV. 44. 68. [ ID=2201 ]

### A quarter (unit/measure) (2 definitions)
- one quarter  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > one quarter, Mahābhārata (Title) xii [ ID=39431 ]
- the same quarter stanza  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the same Pāda or quarter stanza, Ṛg-veda-prātiśākhya (Title) 100 [ ID=39432 ]

### A single foot (limb) (2 definitions)
- a single foot  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 228,3] एक (eka) — पाद (—pāda) m. a single foot, MBh.; BhP. [ ID=39430 ]
- one foot  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकपाद (ekapāda) [Printed book page 099 ] 1 एकपाद (ekapāda) m. one foot. [ ID=6396 ]

### Name of a people (2 definitions)
- the name of a fabulous people  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > एक (eka) — पाद (—pāda) m. pl. N. of a fabulous people, Mahābhārata (Title) ii [ ID=39434 ]
- a people  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > एकपाद (ekapāda) [Printed book page 285-2 ] Ekapāda, pl. ( °āḥ ), a people. § 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1868. [ ID=3890 ]

### One-footed (attribute) (2 definitions)
- having or using only one foot  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > एक (eka) — पाद (—pāda) mfn. having or using only one foot, Atharva-veda (Title) xiii, 1, 6; MBh. [ ID=39433 ]
- 1. One-footed. 2. The name of a female demon.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 एकपाद (ekapāda) a. one-footed; f. आ (ā) N. of a Rākṣasī. [ ID=6397 ]

### Name of a country (1 definition)
- the name of a country  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > एक (eka) — पाद (—pāda) n. N. of a country ( cf. एक (eka)- पद् (eka-pad), col. 2.) [ ID=39435 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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