# व्याघ्रपाद (vyāghrapāda)

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व्याघ्रपाद (vyāghrapāda) is a Sanskrit word meaning Flacourtia Sapida, asteracantha longifolia, name of various men, a plant, a saint and lawgiver, name of a sage. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them Multiple meanings: *Flacourtia Sapida* and a sage/saint, A general name for men, A specific sage/rishi named Vyāghrapāda.

- **Etymology:** E. व्याघ्र a tiger, and पाद the foot or paw — E. vyāghra a tiger, and pāda the foot or paw
- **SLP1:** `vyAGrapAda`  **IAST:** vyāghrapāda  **Devanagari:** व्याघ्रपाद
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyaghrapada
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vyaghrapada/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** व्याघ्रपादा (vyāghrapādā), व्याघ्रपद (vyāghrapada)

## Meanings by context

### Multiple meanings: *Flacourtia Sapida* and a sage/saint (3 definitions)
- 1. A plant. 2. A saint and lawgiver.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याघ्र (vyāghra) पाद (pāda) (vyāghrapāda) [Printed book page 818 ] व्याघ्र (vyāghra) पाद (pāda) (vyāghrapāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1 A plant, ( Flacourtia sapida, Rox.) 2 A saint and lawgiver, so named from having feet like those of a tiger. E. व्याघ्र (vyāghra) a tiger, and पाद (pāda) the foot or paw. [ ID=37204 ]
- 1. The plant Flacourtia sapida. 2. Name of a sage.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याघ्रपाद (vyāghrapāda) [Printed book page 736-b ] व्याघ्र - पाद (vyāghra-pāda) ( दः ) ((daḥ)) 1. m. Flacourtia sapida; name of a sage. [ ID=36840 ]
- 1. A plant. 2. A saint and law-giver.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्याघ्र (vyāghra) पाद (pāda) (vyāghrapāda) [Printed book page 698-a ] व्याघ्र (vyāghra) पाद (pāda) (vyāghrapāda) m. ( - दः (-daḥ) ) 1. A plant, (Flacourtia sapida, Rox.) 2. A saint and law-giver, so named from having feet like those of a tiger. E. व्याघ्र (vyāghra) a tiger, and पाद (pāda) the foot of paw. [ ID=38960 ]

### A general name for men (1 definition)
- Name of various men  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of various men, MBh. &c. [ ID=209588 ]

### A specific sage/rishi named Vyāghrapāda (1 definition)
- a sage, the father of Upamanyu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > व्याघ्रपाद (vyāghrapāda) [Printed book page 757-2 ] Vyāghrapāda, a ṛṣi. § 730 g (Upamanyu): XIII, 14, 701 ( ṛṣiḥ, father of Upamanyu, lived in the Kṛtayuga). [ ID=12403 ]

### The plant *Asteracantha Longifolia* (1 definition)
- Asteracantha longifolia  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Asteracantha Longifolia, L. [ ID=209587 ]

### The plant *Flacourtia Sapida* (1 definition)
- Flacourtia Sapida  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1036,2] व्याघ्र (vyāghra) — पाद (—pāda) m. ‘tiger-footed’, Flacourtia Sapida, L. [ ID=209586 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara 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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