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चतुष्—पद् n. mfn. ( च॑त्°) ( nom. sg. -पाद्; pl. -पादस्, irreg. -पदस्, [BhP. v, 1, 14; vi, 4, 9] ; loc. -पात्सु, [AitBr. vi, 2, 7] ; abl. -पाद्भ्यस्, [Pāṇ. 4-1, 135] ) f. ( -पदी) n. ( nom. -पद्, [RV.] 4 times, or -पाद्, [RV.] twice). ( [Pāṇ. 5-4, 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 पादs, [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]
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