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.]