Prabhupāda

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Prabhupāda - lotus feet of Mahaprabhu

Prabhupāda, (alternative spelling: Prabhupada, Prabhupad) (eng) প্রভুপাদ[1] (ben) is a Bengali word originated from the language Sanskrit meaning, an honorary title or, a title used before the name of Vaishnava religious teachers. Since Medieval Bengali Literature period "prabhu-pāda"[2] means lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Prabhupāda is a joined word by the words 'prabhu' and 'pāda', where the word prabhu literally means, master or, lord, God, saint, person with high spiritual esteem, leader and the word pāda literally means, feet or, leg, root.

E.g. প্রভু (Prabhu) + পাদ (pāda) = প্রভুপাদ (Prabhupāda) = বৈষ্ণবদের ধর্মগুরুর নামের আগে ব্যবহৃত উপাধিবিশেষ (title used before the name of Vaishnava Religious Teachers), সম্মানসূচক উপাধিবিশেষ (honorary title);

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Digital South Asia Library, Biswas, Sailendra. Samsada Bangala abhidhana. 7th ed. Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2004.
  2. ↑ Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 19.68
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