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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 N. of a constellation or according to some ‘the space between the eyebrows’; sg. विष्णोः पदम्N. 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, [R.]
a plot of ground, [Inscr.]
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., [L.] )
a portion of a verse, quarter or line of a stanza, [RV.] &c. &c.
a word or an inflected word or the stem of a noun in the middle cases and before some तद्धितs, [Pāṇ. 1-4, 14 &c.]
पद-पाठ = , [Prāt.]
common N. of the P. and Ā. [Cat.]
any one in a set of numbers the sum of which is required
a period in an arithmetical progression, [Col.]
a square root, [Sūryas.]
a quadrant, ib.
protection, [L.]
पद [cf. Gk. πέδον; Lat. peda; op-pidum for op-pedum.]
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