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पद n. n. (rarely m.) a step, pace, stride पदेन a footstep, trace, vestige, mark, the foot itself, [RV.] &c. &c. (, on foot; पदे पदे, at every step, everywhere, on every occasion; त्रीणि पदानि विष्णोः, the three steps or footprints of विष्णु [i.e. the earth, the air, and the sky; cf. [RV. i, 154, 5] ; [Vikr. i, 19] ], also also title or epithet).">N. of a constellation or according to some ‘the space between the eyebrows’; sg. विष्णोः पदम्also title or epithet).">N. of a locality; पदं-√ दा, पदात् पदं-√ गम् or √ चल्, to make a step, move on; पदं-√ कृ, with loc. to set foot in or on, to enter; with मूर्ध्नि, to set the foot upon the head of [gen. ] i.e. overcome; with चित्ते or हृदये, to take possession of any one's heart or mind; with loc. or प्रति, to have dealings with; पदं नि-√ धा with loc. , to set foot in = to make impression upon; with पदव्याम्, to set the foot on a person's [gen. or ibc. ] track, to emulate or equal; पदम् नि-√ बन्ध् with loc. , to enter or engage in) a sign, token, characteristic, [MBh.] ; [Kathās.] ; [Pur.] a footing, standpoint पदम् आ-√ तन् position, rank, station, site, abode, home, [RV.] &c. &c. (, to spread or extend one's position; पदात् पदम् भ्रामयित्वा, 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.] द्वि a part, portion, division (cf. -, त्रि-) a square on a chess-board, ---10--- a plot of ground, ---11--- the foot as a measure of length (= 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a प्रक्रम), KātyŚr. m. a ray of light (m., ---12--- ) a portion of a verse, quarter or line of a stanza, ---13--- &c. &c. a word or an inflected word or the stem of a noun in the middle cases and before some तद्धितs, 14 &c.">---14--- पद-पाठ = , ---15--- common also title or epithet).">N. of the P. and Ā. ---16--- any one in a set of numbers the sum of which is required a period in an arithmetical progression, ---17--- a square root, ---18--- a quadrant, place or book or text' as the preceding">ib. protection, ---19--- पद [cf. Gk. πέδον; Lat. word is part of Etymology of ">peda; word is part of Etymology of ">op-pidum for word is part of Etymology of ">op-pedum.]
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