# पाद (pāda)

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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)
- **SLP1:** `pAda`  **IAST:** pāda  **Devanagari:** पाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pada_%28foot%29
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** पद (pada), पडा (paḍā), पड (paḍa)

## Meanings by context

### The foot of a living being (12 definitions)
- The foot of men and animals  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 617,1] पाद (pāda) m. ( ifc. f( आ (ā) )., rarely f( ई (ī) ). ) the foot (of men and animals), RV. &c. &c. (the pl. sometimes added to proper names or titles in token of respect, e.g. देव - पाद (pāda) ाः (deva-pādāḥ), ‘the king's majesty’, Pañc.; नारायणप् (nārāyaṇap) ° (°), ‘the venerable N° (°) ’, Sāh.; पाद (pāda) ैः (pādaiḥ) ind. on foot [said of several persons], R.; ° (°) दयोः (° (°)dayoḥ) and ° (°) दे -√ पत् (° (°)de-√pat), to fall at a person's [ gen. ] feet, Kāv.; Hit. ) [ ID=121865 ]
- on foot  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 617,1] पादैः (pādaiḥ) ind., on foot [said of several persons], R. [ ID=121876.1 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 160-1 ] पाद (pāda) pā́d-a, m. [goer], foot ( of men and animals ); foot or leg ( of inanimate objects ), post; bottom ( of a water-skin ); wheel; root ( of a tree ); spur ( of a mountain ); ray, beam (foot of a heavenly body ); (foot of a quadruped =) quarter ( pl. the four parts); fourth part of a ( four-versed ) stanza; verse ( even of a three-versed stanza ); the du. or pl. is often used ( gnly. —° ) to designate a person respectfully; pādayoḥ pat, fall at any oneʼs ( g. ) feet; -pādaiḥ, on foot ( of several ); -ká, m. little foot; —°, a. ( ikā ) footed; -kṛcchra, m. quarter ( a kind of ) penance; -grahaṇa, n. grasping or embracing the feet of any one (in token of respect or submission); -cāpala or -cāpalya, n. carelessness in placing the feet; -cāra, a. going on foot, walking; m. foot-soldier; walking: in. on foot; -cārin, a. going on foot; m. foot-soldier; -cchedana, n. cutting off of a foot; -tala, n. sole of the foot: -āhati, f. kick; -tas, ad. from, at, near, or by the feet; at or near the foot; step by step, by degrees: -kṛ, place at the feet; -tra, n. (?) shoe. [ ID=11471 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 525 ] पाद (pāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 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 The foot or line of a stanza. 7 The line of a hymn or stanza of the Ṛg Veda. 8 The quadrant of a circle. E. पद (pada) to go, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=24300 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 469-b ] पाद (pāda) ( दः ) ((daḥ)) 1. m. A foot; a quarter; Page470-a+ 38 ray; the root of a tree; a fourth of a stanza; a quadrant; a hill at the foot of a mountain. [ ID=23775 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 430-07 ] पाद (pāda) m. 1. The foot (of men or animals); (at the end of a compound, पाद (pāda) loses its final vowel necessarily if the first member be a numeral or सु (su), e.g. द्विपाद (pāda) ् (dvipād), सु (su) पाद (pāda) ् (supād), and optionally if the first member be used as a standard of comparison, e.g. व्याघ्रपाद (pāda) ् (vyāghrapād) or व्याघ्रपाग (vyāghrapāga); the nom. pl. of पाद (pāda) in this sense is added to names of persons or titles of address to indicate veneration, e.g. इति श्रीमदाचार्याभिनवगुप्तपाद (pāda) ाः (iti śrīmadācāryābhinavaguptapādāḥ) K.Pr. iv.), Megh. i.32, 57, ii.15, R. i.57; 2. a ray of light, R. xvi.53, Sis. ix.34 (where the word is used in this sense and in sense 1); 3. the foot or leg of an inanimate object; 4. the foot or root of a tree; 5. the foot of a mountain, a hill at the foot of a mountain; 6. a quarter, a fourth part; 7. the fourth part of a stanza, a line, a verse; 8. the fourth part of a book or chapter; 9. a part in general. [ ID=21983 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 441-b ] पाद (pāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 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. The foot or line of a Page442-a+ 60 stanza. 7. The line of a hymn or stanza of the Rig Vedas. 8. The quadrant of a circle. 9. The foot or leg of an inanimate object. E. पद् (pad) to go, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=24360 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 0541-a ] पाद (pāda) pāda, i. e. 1. pad + a, m. 1. A foot. 2. The bottom (of a bag), Man. 2, 99. 3. The foot of a mountain, Page0541-b+ 44 Megh. 19. 4. A hill at the foot of a mountain, Śāk. d. 145. 5. The root of a tree. 6. A ray, a beam, Pañc. i. d. 372. 7. A quarter, Man. 8, 18. 8. The fourth part of a śloka or strophe, Man. 2, 77. 9. The quadrant of a circle. — Comp. Adhaḥpāda, i. e. adhas-, m. the sole of the feet, Pañc. 165, 16. Aṣṭa(n)-, adj. having eight feet. Eka-, I. adj., f. dā. 1. one-footed. 2. using only one foot. II. m. the name of a fabulous people. Guru-, m. the feet of a guru, i. e. of the parents or of the spiritual teacher, instead of guru, Bhartṛ. 2, 55. Candra-, m. a moon- beam. Jala- (rather jāla- ), m. a pro- per name. Jāla-, see s. v. Deva-, m. pl. the feet of a king, instead of a king, Panc. 16, 6. Dvi-, adj., f. dī, biped. Rakta-, m. a parrot. Śīrṇa-, m. Yama (having shrivelled feet in consequence of a curse of his mother; cf. probably the devil with his horse's foot). Sthūla-, m. an elephant. Haṃ- sa-, I. m. vermilion. II. f. dī, a parti- cular shrub. — Cf. Goth. fôtus; A.S. fót. [ ID=8631 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 311 ] पाद (pāda) m. foot, leg ( lit. & fig. ), foot as a measure; column, pillar; ray, beam (as the foot of a heavenly body); fourth part, quarter of anything, esp. of a four-versed stanza, also part or verse i.g., section, chapter. Often pl. the feet of (—°) i.e. the venerable —. [ ID=18818 ]
- 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*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 189-b ] pā́da, m. —1. foot; leg, 26 16; —2. limb of a quadruped, i. e. quarter ( as, conversely, in Eng., quarter means ‘fourth part of a quadruped, including a leg’); then quarter (of anything); —3. esp. quarter of a (four-versed) stanza, verse; then verse (even of a three-versed stanza), 60 12; —4. (foot of a heavenly body, i. e. ) ray, beam— see 2kara. [transition-stem (399) fr. pád, acc. pā́d-am, to which, as if it were pā́da-m, is formed the nom. pā́da-s, etc. ] [ ID=2545 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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, Page0564-b+ 81 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,’ Page0564-c+ 81 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. Page0565-a+ 81 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 ]
- the foot of an animal, bird, or other creature  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 1-516 ] 1. Pāda in the Atharvaveda 1 and later 2 denotes the ‘foot’ of an animal, a bird, and other creatures. [ Footnote: 1) xiv. 1, 60.] [ Footnote: 2) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 5. 12; Satapatha Brāhmaṇa, xii. 8, 3, 6, etc.; Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, i. 5.] [ ID=1769 ]

### 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)*
  > [Printed book page 617,2] the foot or leg of an inanimate object, column, pillar, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c. [ ID=121866 ]
- a wheel  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a wheel, Śiśupāla-vadha (Title) xii, 21 [ ID=121867 ]
- the foot or root of a tree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the foot or root of a tree, Var. [ ID=121869 ]
- the foot of a mountain  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the foot or a hill at the f° of a mountain, MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=121870 ]
- the bottom  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the bottom ( दृतेह् पादात् (dṛteh pādāt), ‘from the b° of a bag’ v.l. पात्रात् (pātrāt) ), Mahābhārata (Title) v, 1047 [ ID=121871 ]

### 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)*
  > a verse or line (as the fourth part of a regular stanza), Br.; ŚrS.; Prāt. &c. [ ID=121875 ]
- 1. The caesura of a verse. 2. A chapter or section of a book.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the caesura of a verse, AgP., the chapter of a book ( orig. only of a book or section of a b° consisting of 4 parts, as the Adhyāyas of Pāṇini's grammar). [ ID=121876 ]
- a quarter verse  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > 3. Pāda is the regular expression for a ‘quarter verse’ in the Brāhmaṇas. 1 This sense is merely a limitation of ‘quarter’ = the ‘foot’ of a quadruped [ Footnote: 1) Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iv. 4; Kauṣī- aki Brāhmaṇa, xxvi. 5; Nirukta, vii. 9; xi. 6; Lāṭyāyana Srauta Sūtra, i. 2, 1; x. 6, 9, etc.] [ ID=1771 ]

### A unit of measure (2 definitions)
- a foot as a measure  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a foot as a measure (= 12 Aṅgulas), ŚBr.; ŚrS.; MārkP. [ ID=121868 ]
- 1. A foot as a measure of length. 2. A measure of weight. 3. A quarter.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > 2. Pāda, as a measure of length, denotes ‘foot’ in the Śata- patha Brāhmaṇa. 1 The term is occasionally 2 used to express a measure of weight. As a fraction it means a ‘quarter,’ a sense derived from that of ‘foot’ of a quadruped (just as śapha, the divided hoof, comes to mean an ‘eighth’). ^3) Rv. x. 90, 3. 4. [ Footnote: 1) vi. 5, 3, 2; vii. 2, 1, 7; viii. 7, 2, 17; Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, vi. 10, etc.] [ Footnote: 2) Nirukta, ii. 7; Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, iii. 1, 2.] [ ID=1770 ]

### A proper name (1 definition)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > पाद (pāda) [Printed book page 523-1 ] Pāda(ḥ) = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=7814 ]

### A quadrant of a circle (1 definition)
- the quadrant of a circle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the quadrant (of a circle), Āryabh., Sch. [ ID=121874 ]

### A quarter or fourth part (1 definition)
- a fourth part  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a quarter, a fourth part (the f° of a quadruped being one out of 4), ŚBr.; Mn.; MBh. &c. ( pl. the 4 parts i.e. all things required for [ gen. ] Suśr. ) [ ID=121873 ]

### A ray or beam of light (1 definition)
- a ray or beam of light  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a ray or beam of light (considered as the f° of a heavenly body), ib. [ ID=121872 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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