Pada

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Pada may refer to:

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The Sanskrit term pada (pāda "foot"):

  • in Sanskrit poetic meter (chandas), a quarter of a full verse (the foot of a quadruped being one out of four), e.g. a shloka of 24 syllables consists of four padas of 6 syllables.
  • The term may also refer to the division of a text into four quarters; e.g. the eight chapters of the Astadhyayi are divided into four padas each.
  • In traditional Sanskit grammar (Vyakarana), pāda is the term for "word", in the Astadhyayi defined as suP-tiṄ-antam pādam " a string ending with either a nominal or a verbal desinence is called pāda (word)".
  • As a measure, it equals 12 angulas, see Hindu units of measurement.
  • A padapatha is a word-by-word variant of a Vedic text, and the name of the associated patha or mode of recitation.
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