ā-√ pad Ā. -padyate (pf. -pede aor. āpādi, &c.) to come, walk near, approach, [BhP.]; to enter, get in, arrive at, go into, [ŚBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [R.] &c.; to fall in or into; to be changed into, be reduced to any state; to get into trouble, fall into misfortune, [AV. viii, 8, 18]; [xi, 1, 30]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.; to get, attain, take possession; to happen, occur, [ŚBr.]; [Mālav.] &c.: Caus. -pādayati (aor. 1. pl. ā́-pīpadāma, [AV. x, 5, 42]) to cause to enter, bring on [ŚBr.]; to bring to any state, [Ragh.]; to bring into trouble or misfortune, [R.] &c.; to bring near or towards, fetch, procure, produce, cause, effect, [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Ragh.] &c.; to procure for one's self, obtain, take possession, [BhP.]; to change, transform.
f. misfortune, calamity, distress, [Mn.]; [Hit.]; [Ragh.] &c.
(āpadā instr.), through mistake or error, unintentionally.