meanings of "pada" [1]
n.{a-stem}
1.a foot (said to be m. also in this sense);
2.to step;
3.a foot-step;
4.a trace;
5.a place;
6.dignity;
7.cause;
8.abode;
9.a quarter or line of a stanza;
10.a complete or inflected word;
11.a name for the base of nouns before all consonantal case-terminations except nom. singular.;
12.detachment of the vedic words from one another;
13.a pretext;
14.a sqare root;
15.a part (as of a sentence);
16.a measure of length;
17.protection;
18.a square or house on a chessboard;
19.a quadrant;
20.the last of a series;
21.a plot of ground;
22.(in arith.) any one in a set of numbers the sum of which is required;
23.a coin;
24.a way;
25.retribution
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meanings of "pada" [2]
m.{a-stem}
1.a ray of light
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