pādatas | पादतस् | pAdatas

pāda—tas | पाद—तस् | ind. from or at or near the feet (-taḥ-√ kf | -तः-√ क्फ़् |, to place at the feet), ŚāṅkhGṛ.; Mn.; Kathās.

by the Pāda (i.e. quarter of a verse), RPrāt.

step by step, by degrees, Kām.