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padya

pádya mf(A)n. (fr. 3. pad and pada) relating or belonging to a foot, [RV.]; [Kāṭh.]

hurting or coming in contact with the feet, [Pāṇ. iv, 4, 83]; [vi, 3, 53]. Sch.

marked with footsteps, [ib.] [iv, 4, 87], Sch.

measuring a Pada in length or breadth, [KātyŚr.] (also in comp. with numerals; cf. ardha-, daśa-)

consisting of Padas or parts of verses, [Br.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [RPrāt.]

consisting of one Pada, [KātyŚr.], Sch.

forming the end, final, [APrāt.]

pádya m. a Śūdra, [L.] (cf. paj-ja)

a part of a word, verbal element, [RPrāt.]

pádya n. a verse, metre, poetry (opp. to gadya, prose), [Vām.]; [Kāvyād.]; [Sāh.] &c.

N. of sev. hymns.