cl. 1. P. padati v.l. for bad, to stand fast or fixed, [Dhātup. iii, 1], [4]; [Vop.]
cl. 4. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 60]) padyate (°ti, [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; Pot. padyām, [R.]; Impv. patsva, [MBh.]; pf. papāda, [RV.]; pede, [Br.]; aor. apadmahi, °dran, [RV.] [Subj. padāti, [ib.]]; apatsi, patthās, [AV.]; Prec. padīṣṭá, [RV.]; [AV.]; fut. patsyati, [Br.]; °te, [Up.]; pattā Gr.; inf. páttave, [RV.]; °tos, °tum, [Br.]; -pádas, [RV.]; ind.p. -pádya, [ib.]; -pā́dam, [Br.]), to fall, fall down or out, perish, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Br.]; to go, resort or apply to, participate in (acc.), keep, observe, [MBh.] : Caus. pādáyati, °te, to cause to fall, [AV.]; [AitBr.] (Pass. pādyate, [Br.]; Desid. pipādayiṣati, [Br.] &c.); padayate, to go, [Dhātup. xxxv, 44] : Desid. pitsate, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54] : Intens. panīpadyate, [Kāv.]; panīpadīti, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 84.]
pád m. (in strong cases pā́d; ifc. f(pad or padI). ) a foot (padā, padbhyām and °bhis, also ‘on foot’, [RV.] &c. &c.; ifc. also ‘sticking to the feet of’; cf. śrī-viṣṇu-padī)
a footstep, trace, vestige, mark, the foot itself, [RV.] &c. &c. (padena, on foot; pade pade, at every step, everywhere, on every occasion; trīṇi padāni viṣṇoḥ, the three steps or footprints of Viṣṇu [i.e. the earth, the air, and the sky; cf. [RV. i, 154, 5]; [Vikr. i, 19]], also N. of a constellation or according to some ‘the space between the eyebrows’; sg. viṣṇoḥ padam N. of a locality; padaṃ-√ dā, padāt padaṃ-√ gam or √ cal, to make a step, move on; padaṃ-√ kṛ, with loc. to set foot in or on, to enter; with mūrdhni, to set the foot upon the head of [gen.] i.e. overcome; with citte or hṛdaye, to take possession of any one's heart or mind; with loc. or prati, to have dealings with; padaṃ ni-√ dhā with loc., to set foot in = to make impression upon; with padavyām, to set the foot on a person's [gen. or ibc.] track, to emulate or equal; padam ni-√ bandh with loc., to enter or engage in)
a sign, token, characteristic, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.]
a footing, standpoint
position, rank, station, site, abode, home, [RV.] &c. &c. (padam ā-√ tan, to spread or extend one's position; padāt padam bhrāmayitvā, having caused to wander from place to place)
a business affair, matter, object or cause of (gen. or comp.), [Kāv.]; [Pañc.] &c.
a pretext, [L.]
a part, portion, division (cf. dvi-, tri-)
a square on a chess-board, [R.]
a plot of ground, [Inscr.]
the foot as a measure of length (= 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a Prakrama), [KātyŚr.]
a ray of light (m., [L.])
a portion of a verse, quarter or line of a stanza, [RV.] &c. &c.
a word or an inflected word or the stem of a noun in the middle cases and before some Taddhitas, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 14] &c.
= pada-pāṭha, [Prāt.]
common N. of the P. and Ā. [Cat.]
any one in a set of numbers the sum of which is required
a period in an arithmetical progression, [Col.]
a square root, [Sūryas.]
a quadrant, [ib.]
protection, [L.]
[cf. Gk. πέδον; Lat. peda; op-pidum for op-pedum.]
m. n. (2. or 3. pad?) a lotus (esp. the flower of the lotus-plant Nelumbium Speciosum which closes towards evening; often confounded with the water-lily or Nymphaea Alba), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (ifc. f(A). )
the form or figure of a lotus, [R.]; [MārkP.] (a N. given by the Tāntrikas to the 6 divisions of the upper part of the body called Cakras q.v.)
a partic. mark or mole on the human body, [R.]
red or coloured marks on the face or trunk of an elephant, [L.]
a partic. part of a column or pillar, [Var.]
a kind of temple, [ib.]
an army arrayed in the form of a lotus, [Mn.]; [MBh.]
a partic. posture of the body in religious meditation, [Vedānt.] (cf. padmāsana)
a kind of coitus, [L.]
one of the 9 treasures of Kubera (also personified), [R.]
one of the 8 treasures connected with the magical art called Padminī, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
a partic. high number (1000 millions or billions), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
a partic. constellation, [Var.]
N. of a partic. cold hell, [Buddh.]
a partic. fragrant substance, [MBh.] (v.l. °maka)
the root of Nelumbium Speciosum, [L.]
a species of bdellium, [L.]
lead, [L.]
m. a species of plant, [L.]
an elephant, [L.]
a species of serpent, [Suśr.]
N. of Rāma (son of Daśa-ratha), [Śatr.]
of two serpent-demons, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
of one of the attendants of Skanda, [MBh.]
of a mythical Buddha, [MWB. 136 n. 1.]
(with Jainas) N. of the 9th Cakra-vartin in Bhārata and of one of the 9 white Balas
N. of a king, [MBh.]
of a prince of Kaśmīra (founder of Padma-pura and of a temple; see padma-svāmin), [Rājat.]
of another man, [ib.]
of a Brāhman, [Lalit.]
of a mythical elephant, [R.] (cf. mahā-padma)
of a monkey, [R.]
of a mountain, [Var.]
mfn. lotus-hued, being of the colour of a lotus, [ṢaḍvBr.]
m. (√ 2. pad?) a village or = saṃveśa, [Uṇ. ii, 13], Sch. (-vaḍa, -saṇḍa and -saḍa [[HPariś.]] perhaps w.r. for -baṭu, or -baṇḍa, ‘village lad or cripple’)
pada—vī́ m. (nom. s) a leader, guide, forerunner, [RV.]; [AV.] (cf. -vāya)
pada—vī́ f. (nom. vī) a road, path, way, track, reach, range
acc. with √ gam, yā &c., to go the way of (cf. under artha-padavī, ghana-, pavana-, mokṣa-, yauvana-, sādhu-, smaraṇa-, hāsya-; padam-√ dhā or ni-√ dhā padavyām [comp. or gen.], to tread in the footsteps of a person i.e. imitate or rival him), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
pad—dhati f. (for -hati) ‘foot-stroke’, a way, path, course, line, [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c. (also °tī, g. bahv-ādi)
sign, token, [Jātakam.]
N. of a class of writings (described as guide-books or manuals for partic. rites and ceremonies and the texts relating to them) and of sev. works.
a family N. or title (or rather the characteristic word denoting caste or occupation in comps. serving as proper names, e.g. -gupta, -dāsa at the end of Vaiśya and Śūdra names), [L.]
pada—pāṭha m. the Pada method of recitation or writing (a method of arranging each word of a Vedic text separately in its original form [cf. pada] without regard to the rules of Saṃdhi; cf. krama and saṃhitā-pāṭha), [VPrāt.], Sch.