pāda | पाद | pAda
pāda | पाद | m. (ifc. f(A). , rarely f(I). ) the foot (of men and animals), RV. &c. &c. (the pl. sometimes added to proper names or titles in token of respect, e.g. deva-pādāḥ | देव-पादाः |, ‘the king's majesty’, Pañc. ; nārāyaṛap˚ | नारायऋअप्˚ |, ‘the venerable N˚’, Sāh.; pādEḥ | पाद्Eः | ind. on foot [said of several persons], R.; ˚dayoḥ | ˚दयोः | and ˚de-√ pat | ˚दे-√ पत् |, to fall at a person's [gen.] feet, Kāv.; Hit.)
the foot or leg of an inanimate object, column, pillar, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
a wheel, Śiś. xii, 21
a foot as a measure (= 12 Aṅgulas), ŚBr.; ŚrS.; MārkP.
the foot or root of a tree, Var.
the foot or a hill at the f˚ of a mountain, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the bottom (dfteh pādāt | द्फ़्तेह् पादात् |, ‘from the b˚ of a bag’ v.l. pātrāt | पात्रात् |), MBh. v, 1047
a ray or beam of light (considered as the f˚ of a heavenly body), ib.
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.)
the quadrant (of a circle), Āryabh., Sch.
a verse or line (as the fourth part of a regular stanza), Br.; ŚrS.; Prāt. &c.
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).
the foot or leg of an inanimate object, column, pillar, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
a wheel, Śiś. xii, 21
a foot as a measure (= 12 Aṅgulas), ŚBr.; ŚrS.; MārkP.
the foot or root of a tree, Var.
the foot or a hill at the f˚ of a mountain, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
the bottom (dfteh pādāt | द्फ़्तेह् पादात् |, ‘from the b˚ of a bag’ v.l. pātrāt | पात्रात् |), MBh. v, 1047
a ray or beam of light (considered as the f˚ of a heavenly body), ib.
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.)
the quadrant (of a circle), Āryabh., Sch.
a verse or line (as the fourth part of a regular stanza), Br.; ŚrS.; Prāt. &c.
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).