cátuṣ—pad (cát°), mfn. (nom. sg. -pād; pl. -pādas, irreg. -padas, [BhP. v, 1, 14]; [vi, 4, 9]; loc. -pātsu, [AitBr. vi, 2, 7]; abl. -pādbhyas, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 135]) f. (-padī) n. (nom. -pad, [RV.] 4 times, or -pād, [RV.] twice). ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 140]) quadruped, m. a quadruped, n. quadrupeds (collectively), animals, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.
having made 4 steps, [ĀśvGṛ. i, 7, 19]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 14, 6]
divided into 4 parts, [MāṇḍUp. 2]; [MBh. v]
(in prosody) consisting of 4 Pādas, [RV. i, 164, 24]; [x, 27, 10]
having 4 staffs (a ladder), [MBh. xii, 8838]
(a judicial procedure) consisting of 4 processes (viz. plea, defence, rejoinder, and sentence), [Yājñ. ii, 8]