पादpāda

पाद (pāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning the foot of men and animals, the foot or leg of an inanimate object, column, or pillar, a wheel, a foot as a measure, the foot or root of a tree, the foot of a mountain. Its 26 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them The foot of a living being, Base or lower part of an object, Unit of verse or textual division.

Root: पत् (pat)
Definitions: 26

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Meanings by context

The foot of a living being

12 definitions

The foot of men and animals

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

on foot

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Foot of men and animals, leg, or post. 2. Bottom of a water-skin or root of a tree. 3. Wheel or spur of a mountain. 4. Ray or beam of a heavenly body. 5. Quarter or fourth part. 6. Verse of a stanza.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A foot. 2. A quarter. 3. A hill at the foot of a mountain. 4. A ray of light. 5. The root of a tree. 6. A line of a stanza or hymn. 7. The quadrant of a circle.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A foot. 2. A quarter or fourth part. 3. A ray of light. 4. The root of a tree. 5. A fourth of a stanza or quadrant. 6. A hill at the foot of a mountain.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The foot of a human or animal. 2. A ray of light. 3. The foot or leg of an inanimate object. 4. The foot or root of a tree. 5. The foot of a mountain. 6. A quarter or fourth part. 7. A line or verse of a stanza. 8. The fourth part of a book or chapter. 9. A part in general.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A foot. 2. A quarter. 3. A hill at the foot of a mountain. 4. A ray of light. 5. The root of a tree. 6. A line of a stanza or hymn. 7. The quadrant of a circle. 8. The leg or support of an inanimate object.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A foot. 2. The bottom of a bag. 3. The foot or hill of a mountain. 4. The root of a tree. 5. A ray or beam. 6. A quarter. 7. The fourth part of a shloka or strophe. 8. The quadrant of a circle.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Foot or leg. 2. Column or pillar. 3. Ray or beam. 4. Fourth part, quarter, or verse. 5. Section or chapter.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Foot or leg. 2. A quarter or fourth part. 3. A verse or quarter of a stanza. 4. A ray or beam of a heavenly body.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. The foot of men and animals. 2. The foot or leg of an inanimate object. 3. A column or pillar. 4. A foot as a measure of twelve Angulas. 5. The foot or root of a tree. 6. The foot of a mountain. 7. The bottom of a bag. 8. A ray or beam of light. 9. A quarter or fourth part. 10. A quarter of a weight of gold. 11. The fourth part of a book. 12. The fourth part of a verse or line of a hymn. 13. The quadrant of a circle. 14. A part in general.

पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 0564-a]
Pāda, as, m. the foot (of men and animals;

sometimes added in token of respect to proper names

or titles of address, e. g. ākarṇayantu deva-pādāḥ,

let your Majesty listen; Kumārila-pādāḥ, the

venerable Kumārila); the foot or leg of an inanimate

object (as of a bedstead); a column, pillar; a foot as

a measure (= 12 Aṅgulis); the foot or root of a

tree; the foot of a mountain, a hill at the foot of

a mountain; the bottom (of a bag); a ray or beam

of light (rays being considered as the feet or hands

of the heavenly bodies); a quarter, a fourth part

(this sense is perhaps derived from the foot of a

quadruped being one out of four); a quarter of

a weight of gold (= 1(1/4) Paṇa); the fourth part of a

book, (the Adhyāyas in the Śaunakīyā Catur-adhyā-

yikā, in the Śārīraka-mīmāṃsā, and in Pāṇini's

grammar are divided severally into four Pādas, as

also the Dhanur-veda and the Vāyu-Purāṇa; while,
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on the other hand, the Adhyāyas in Vopa-deva's

grammar contain more than four Pādas); the fourth

part of a Śloka or of any verse; the line of a hymn

or stanza of the Ṛg-veda or of any stanza; the

quadrant of a circle; a part in general; [cf. Goth.

fōtu-s, ‘a foot:’ Lith. páda-s, ‘the sole of the

foot;’ pénda-s, ‘a vestige:’ probably Hib. fadadh,

‘kindling, lighting;’ fadaidhim, ‘I kindle, excite,

provoke.’] —Pāda-kaṭaka, as, am, m. n. or pāda-

kīlikā, f. an ornament for the feet or ankles, an

anklet. —Pāda-kṛcchra, as, m. ‘quarter-penance,’

a sort of penance (eating and fasting on alternate

nights). —Pāda-kṣepa, as, m. a footstep. —Pāda-

gaṇḍira, as, m. morbid enlargement of the legs

and feet. —Pāda-gṛhya or pāde-gṛhya, ind., Ved.,

see Gaṇa to Pāṇ. II. 1, 72. —Pāda-granthi, is, m.

‘foot-knot,’ the ankle. —Pāda-grahaṇa, am, n.

laying hold of or clasping the feet (of a Brāhman or

superior as a mark of respectful salutation). —Pāda-

ghṛta, am, n. melted butter for anointing the feet.

—Pāda-catura or pāda-catvara, as, m. a slan-

derer, calumniator; a goat; a sand-bank; hail; the

religious fig-tree, Ficus Religiosa. —Pāda-cāpalya,

am, n. ‘foot-unsteadiness,’ fidgeting or shuffling with

the feet. —Pāda-cāra, as, m. going on foot, walk-

ing; the daily position of the planets; (eṇa), ind. on

foot. —Pāda-cārin, ī, iṇī, i, going or walking on

foot, having feet for locomotion; fighting on foot;

(ī), m. a footman, pedestrian, a foot-soldier. —Pāda-

cihna, am, n. foot-mark, foot-print. —Pāda-ja,

as, m. ‘born from the foot (of Brahmā),’ a Śūdra,

man of the fourth and servile tribe. —Pāda-jala,

am, n. water for the feet; water in which the feet

have been washed; (as, ā, am), that of which a

fourth part is water, mixed with one fourth of water.

—Pāda-jāha, am, n. = pāda-mūla, that part of

the foot to which the leg is articulated, the tarsus.

—Pāda-tala, am, n. the sole or lower part of the

foot; (e), ind. under the feet. —Pāda-tas, ind. out

of the feet, from the feet, at or near the feet,

(pādataḥ kṛ, to put down at the feet); at the

foot (of a bed); in the south-west (Manu III. 89,

according to Kullūka, this may also mean ‘at the

foot of the bed’); by or with a quarter; after a

quarter of a verse (Ved.); step by step, by degrees.

—Pāda-tra, as, or am, m. or n. (?), or pāda-trā,

f. ‘foot-covering,’ a shoe. —Pāda-trāṇa, am, n.

‘foot-protecting,’ a boot, shoe. —Pāda-dārī or

pāda-dārikā, f. ‘foot-rending,’ a chap in the feet,

a chilblain. —Pāda-dāha, as, m. a burning sensation

in the feet (said to be in India an excruciating pain

difficult to remedy). —Pāda-dhāvana, am, n.

washing the feet. —Pāda-dhāvanikā, f. sand used

for rubbing the feet. —Pāda-nakha, as, m. a toe-

nail. —Pāda-nālikā, f. an ornament for the feet,

an anklet. —Pāda-nicṛt, t, f., scil. gāyatrī, a

defective metre, in which one syllable is wanting in

each Pāda; (also wrongly spelt pāda-nivṛt.) —Pā-

da-niṣka, as, m. = pan-niṣka, p. 529. —Pāda-

nyāsa, as, m. placing the feet, a dance or measured

step. —Pāda-pa, as, m. ‘imbibing nourishment

with the foot or root,’ a plant, tree; ‘protecting

the feet,’ (fr. rt. 3. pā) a foot-stool, cushion for the

feet; (ā), f. a shoe, slipper. —Pādapa-khaṇḍa, as,

m. a group or clump of trees. —Pāda-paddhati,

is, f. a line of footsteps, a track, trail. —Pāda-

padma, as, m. ‘foot-lotus,’ a foot beautiful as a lotus.

—Pāda-parighaṭṭana, am, n. trampling with the

feet, treading upon. —Pādapa-ruhā, f. a climbing

plant, parasitical plant. —Pāda-pālikā, f. an orna-

ment for the feet, an anklet. —Pāda-pāśa, as, m.

a foot-rope for cattle or horses; an anklet of small

bells, &c. (ī), f. a chain for the feet, a fetter; a

foot-carpet or mat. —Pāda-pīṭha, am, n. a foot-

stool. —Pādapīṭhikā, f. any common or vulgar

trade, as that of a barber, &c. white stone. —Pāda-

pīvī, f. a shoe; (incorrectly for pāda-pīṭhī?).

—Pāda-pūraṇa, as, ā, am, (Ved.) filling out a

part or line of a verse (as a particle), expletive; (am),

n. the filling out a line or the measure of a verse.

—Pāda-prakṣālana, am, n. ‘washing the feet,’
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N. of a chapter of the Purāṇa-sarva-sva. —Pāda-

praṇāma, as, m. bowing to the feet, prostration.

—Pāda-pratiṣṭhāna, am, n. a foot-stool. —Pā-

da-pradhāraṇa, am, n. ‘foot-covering,’ a shoe.

—Pāda-prahāra, as, m. ‘foot-blow,’ a kick.

—Pāda-baddha, as, ā, am, bound or held toge-

ther by quarters of verses (as a metre). —Pāda-ban-

dha, as, m. any tie for the foot, a chain or fetter for

the feet. —Pāda-bandhana, am, n. a fetter for the

feet; a stock of cattle (so called from the foot-ropes

with which cattle are tied). —Pāda-bhāga, as, m. a

fourth part, quarter. —Pāda-bhāj, k, k, k, possessing

a quarter, being only a quarter. —Pāda-miśra, see

Pāṇ. VI. 3, 56. —Pāda-mudrā, f. the impression

of a footstep, foot-print, trace. —Pāda-mūla, am, n.

‘root of the foot,’ the part of the foot to which the

leg is articulated, tarsus; the sole of the foot; the

heel; a polite designation of a person; the foot of

a mountain. —Pāda-yuddha, am, n. ‘foot-fight,’

fighting on foot. —Pāda-rakṣa, as, m. a foot-

protector, foot-guard; (ās), m. pl. armed men who

run by the side of an elephant in battle to protect its

feet from wounds. —Pāda-rakṣaṇa, am, n. a cover

for the feet; a leather boot or shoe, a stocking.

—Pāda-rajas, as, n. the dust of the feet. —Pāda-

rajju, us, f. a tether or rope for the foot of an

elephant. —Pāda-rathī, f. ‘foot-vehicle,’ a shoe,

boot, slipper. —Pāda-rohaṇa, as, m. ‘growing

from roots,’ the Indian fig-tree. —Pāda-lagna, as,

ā, am, sticking to the foot. —Pāda-lepa, as, m.

an unguent for the feet. —Pāda-vat, ān, atī, at,

having feet, possessed of feet. —Pāda-vandana,

am, n. ‘saluting the feet,’ respectful salutation. —Pā-

da-valmīka, as, m. morbid enlargement of the legs

and feet, elephantiasis. —Pāda-vigraha, as, m.

(probably) a mode of reading in which the divisions

in verses are carefully marked; (as, ā, am), hav-

ing a quarter of the compass or extent. —Pāda-

vidhāna, am, n. ‘the arrangement of the parts of a

verse,’ N. of a work ascribed to Śaunaka. —Pāda-

virajas, ās, f. a shoe, slipper, stocking (as keeping

rajas or dust from the feet?). —Pāda-vīthī, f.

a shoe; (probably an incorrect form, cf. pāda-

pīvī.) —Pāda-vṛtta, au, m. du., Ved. the two

component elements of the quarter of a verse, i. e.

the long and short syllable; (as), m. epithet of a

Svarita separated from the preceding Ud-ātta by a

hiatus. —Pāda-veṣṭanika, as, or am, m. or n. (?),

a stocking. —Pāda-śabda, as, m. the sound or

noise of footsteps (= pac-chabda). —Pāda-śas, ind.

foot by foot; verse by verse, stanza by stanza; by a

fourth part. —Pāda-śākhā, f. ‘branch of the foot,’

a toe. —Pāda-śīlī, f. an ornament for the feet, an

anklet; (probably an incorrect form.) —Pāda-śu-

śrūṣā, f. obedience towards the feet (a respectful

expression for śuśrūṣā). —Pāda-śeṣa, am, n. a

quarter, fourth part. —Pāda-śaila, as, m. a hill at

the foot of or near a mountain. —Pāda-śotha, as,

m. swelling of the feet, gout. —Pāda-śauca, am, n.

cleaning the feet (= pac-chauca). —Pāda-saṃ-

hitā. f. the union of words in a quarter of a verse.

—Pāda-sevana, am, n. or pāda-sevā, f. ‘foot-

salutation,’ showing respect by touching the feet,

service, duty. —Pāda-stambha, as, m. a supporting

beam, pillar, post. —Pāda-sphoṭa, as, m. ‘cracking

of the feet,’ chilblain, a sore or ulcer on the foot.

—Pāda-svedana, am, n. perspiration of the feet,

causing perspiration in the feet. —Pāda-hata, as,

ā, am, struck with the feet, kicked, trodden on,

touched with the feet. —Pāda-harṣa, as, m. numb-

ness of the feet after pressure upon the crural nerves.

—Pāda-hāraka, as, ā, am, taken away with the

feet; (as), m. one who takes away or steals any-

thing with the feet (?). —Pāda-hīnāt, ind. without

division or transition; on a sudden, all at once. —Pādā-

kulaka (°da-āk°), as, am, m. or n. (?), N. of two

kinds of metres. —Pādāgra (°da-ag°), am, n. the

point or extremity of the foot. —Pādāghāta (°da-

āgh°), as, m. ‘a blow with the foot,’ a kick. —Pā-

dāṅka (°da-aṅ°), as, m. a foot-mark, footstep, foot-

print, vestige. —Pādāṅgada (°da-aṅ°), am, ī, n. f.
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an ornament for the feet or toes, an anklet. —Pā-

dāṅguli (°da-aṅ°), is, ī, f. ‘foot-finger,’ a toe.

—Pādāṅgulīyaka (°da-aṅ°), am, n. a ring worn

on one of the toes. —Pādāṅguṣṭha (°da-aṅ°), as,

m. the great toe. —Pādāṅguṣṭhāśritāvani (°ṭha-

āś°, °ta-av°), is, is, i, ‘touching the ground with the

toes,’ on tiptoe. —Pādāṅguṣṭhikā, f. a ring worn

on the great toe. —Pādādhyāsa (°da-adh°), as, m.

treading upon, kicking. —Pādānata (°da-ān°), as,

ā, am, bowed or bent down to the feet, prostrate.

—Pādānudhyāta (°da-an°), as, ā, am, thought

of by the feet of such an one (a respectful expression

in inscriptions for ‘thought of by such an one’);

the son and successor of any one, rightful successor

of any one (‘thought of by his predecessor’). —Pā-

dānta (°da-an°), as, m. the extremity of the feet;

proximity to the feet; (e), ind. near the feet. —Pā-

dāntara (°da-an°), am, n. the interval of a step,

the distance of a foot; (e), ind. in immediate prox-

imity to, close to (with gen.); after the interval of a

step. —Pādāntika (°da-an°), am, n. proximity to

the feet, the neighbourhood of the feet. —Pādāmbu

(°da-am°), us, us, u, containing a fourth part of

water. —Pādāmbhas (°da-am°), as, n. ‘foot-water,’

water in which the feet have been washed. —Pādā-

ravinda (°da-ar°), as, m. ‘foot-lotus,’ the foot of

a deity, lover, &c. —Pādārghya (°da-ar°), am, n.

‘offering to the feet,’ a donation to Brāhmans or

venerable persons. —Pādārdha (°da-ar°), am, n.

half a quarter, an eighth; half a line of a stanza.

—Pādārpaṇa (°da-ar°), am, n. setting down the

feet. —Pādāvanejana (°da-av°), as, ī, am, used

for washing the feet (Ved.); washing the feet.

—Pādāvarta (°da-āv°), as, m. a wheel worked by

the feet for raising water from a well; a square foot.

—Pādāvasecana (°da-av°), am, n. washing the

feet; water for washing the feet, water in which the

feet have been washed. —Pādāṣṭhīla (°da-aṣ°),

as, m. the ankle; contusion of the feet (?). —Pā-

dāsana (°da-ās°), am, n. a footstool. —Pādās-

phālana (°da-ās°), am, n. trampling or shuffling

of the feet, motion of the feet (as in wrestling or

struggling), floundering. —Pādāhata (°da-āh°), as,

ā, am, ‘struck with the foot,’ kicked, trodden,

touched by the foot. —Pādāhati (°da-āh°), is, f.

a blow with the foot, kick; treading, trampling.

—Pāde-gṛhya = pāda-gṛhya. —Pādotphāla

(°da-ut°), as, m. shuffling or moving the feet.

—Pādodaka (°da-ud°), am, n. ‘foot-water,’ water

for washing the feet, water in which the feet of a

Brāhman have been washed, water hallowed by the

washing of sacred feet. —Pādodaka-tīrtha, am, n.,

N. of a sacred bathing-place at Benares. —Pādo-

dara (°da-ud°), as, m. a serpent (‘using the belly

in place of feet’). [ID=28810]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

the foot of an animal, bird, or other creature

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Base or lower part of an object

5 definitions

the foot or leg of an inanimate object, column, or pillar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a wheel

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the foot or root of a tree

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the foot of a mountain

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the bottom

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Unit of verse or textual division

3 definitions

a verse or line, especially the fourth part of a stanza

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The caesura of a verse. 2. A chapter or section of a book.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a quarter verse

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

A unit of measure

2 definitions

a foot as a measure

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A foot as a measure of length. 2. A measure of weight. 3. A quarter.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

A proper name

1 definition

an epithet of Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

A quadrant of a circle

1 definition

the quadrant of a circle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A quarter or fourth part

1 definition

a fourth part

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A ray or beam of light

1 definition

a ray or beam of light

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.