पद

See also: पद्, पाद, पैदौ, and पैदा

Hindi

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Sanskrit पद (padá)

Noun

पद • (pad) m (Urdu spelling پد)

1. foot
2. footstep
3. footprint
4. mark
5. sign
6. home, abode
7. degree, rank
8. office
9. verse, line
10. head, title

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Nepali

Noun

पद • (pad)

1. rank
2. post, position

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• pada (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• পদ (Bengali script)
• පද (Sinhalese script)
• ပဒ or ပၻ (Burmese script)
• ปท or ปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ປທ or ປະທະ (Lao script)
• បទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

पद ?

1. Devanagari script form of pada

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-Aryan *padám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *padám, from Proto-Indo-European *pedóm, originally meaning 'trace, bottom', from *ped- (“step, footprint”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “floor, ground”), Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (pēdan, “floor, ground; place”), Old Norse fet (“step”), Old Armenian հետ (het, “footprint, track”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.dɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.d̪ɐ/

Noun

पद • (padá) stem, n (rarely m)

1. step, pace, stride
2. footstep, trace, vestige, mark; the foot itself

   पदेन (padena) — on foot

   पदे पदे (pade pade) — at every step, everywhere, on every occasion

   त्रीणि पदानि विष्णो (trīṇi padāni viṣṇoḥ) — the three steps or footprints of Viṣṇu (i.e. the earth, the air, and the sky)

   padaṃ-√dā, padāt padaṃ-√gam or √cal — to make a step move on

   padaṃ-√kṛ, with locative — to set foot in or on, to enter

   with मूर्ध्नि (mūrdhni) — to set the foot upon the head of (genitive) i.e. overcome

   with चित्ते (citte) or हृदये (hṛdaye) — to take possession of any one's heart or mind

   with locative or प्रति (prati) — to have dealings with

   padaṃ ni-√dhā with locative — to set foot in = to make impression upon

   with पदव्याम् (padavyām) — to set the foot on a person's (genitive or in the beginning of a compound) track, to emulate or equal

   padam ni-√bandh with locative — to enter or engage in

   • RV 1.133.2c

   इमं विधन्तो अपां सधस्थे पशुं न नष्टं पदैरनु गमन |

   गुहा चतन्तमुशिजो नमोभिरिछन्तो धीराभ्र्गवो.अविन्दन ||

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   Worshipping, seeking him with adoration like some lost creature followed by its footprints,

   Wise Bhrgus, yearning in their hearts, pursued him, and found him lurking where the floods are gathered.

   • RV 10.46.2b

   अभिव्लग्या चिदद्रिवः शीर्षा यातुमतीनाम |

   छिन्धि वटूरिणा पदा महावटूरिणा पदा ||

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   O thou who castest forth the stones crushing the sorceresses' heads,

   Break them with thy wide-spreading foot, with thy wide-spreading mighty foot.

3. sign, token, characteristic
4. footing, standpoint
5. position, rank, station, site, abode, home, place

   padam ā-√tan — to spread or extend one's position

   padāt padam bhrāmayitvā — having caused to wander from place to place

   • RV 1.22.20a

   तद विष्णोः परमं पदं सदा पश्यन्ति सूरयः |

   दिवीव चक्षुराततम ||

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   The princes evermore behold that loftiest place where Viṣṇu is,

   Laid as it were an eye in heaven.

   • RV 1.146.4a

   धीरासः पदं कवयो नयन्ति नाना हर्दा रक्षमाणा अजुर्यम |

   सिषासन्तः पर्यपश्यन्त सिन्धुमाविरेभ्यो अभवत्सूर्यो नॄ ||

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   The prudent sages lead him to his dwelling, guarding with varied skill the Ever-Youthful.

   Longing, they turned their eyes unto the River: to these the Sun of men was manifested.

   • RV 1.159.3d

   ते सूनवः सवपसः सुदंससो मही जज्ञुर्मातरा पूर्वचित्तय |

   सथातुश्च सत्यं जगतश्च धर्मणि पुत्रस्य पाथः पदमद्वयाविनः ||

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   These Sons of yours well skilled in work, of wondrous power, brought forth to life the two great Mothers first of all.

   To keep the truth of all that stands and all that moves, ye guard the station of your Son who knows no guile.

6. business affair, matter, object or cause of (genitive or compound)
7. pretext
8. part, portion, division
9. (chess) square on a chessboard
10. plot of ground
11. the foot as a measure of length (= 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a प्रक्रम (prakrama))
12. ray of light
13. (poetry) a portion of a verse, quarter or line of a stanza
14. a word or an inflected word or the stem of a noun in the middle cases and before some तद्धित (taddhita)s
15. = पदपाठ (pada-pāṭha)
16. common name of the parasmaipada and ātmanepada
17. any one in a set of numbers the sum of which is required
18. a period in an arithmetical progression
19. square root
20. quadrant
21. protection

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पद (padá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पदम् padám	पदे padé	पदानि / पदा¹ padā́ni / padā́¹
Vocative	पद páda	पदे páde	पदानि / पदा¹ pádāni / pádā¹
Accusative	पदम् padám	पदे padé	पदानि / पदा¹ padā́ni / padā́¹
Instrumental	पदेन padéna	पदाभ्याम् padā́bhyām	पदैः / पदेभिः¹ padaíḥ / padébhiḥ¹
Dative	पदाय padā́ya	पदाभ्याम् padā́bhyām	पदेभ्यः padébhyaḥ
Ablative	पदात् padā́t	पदाभ्याम् padā́bhyām	पदेभ्यः padébhyaḥ
Genitive	पदस्य padásya	पदयोः padáyoḥ	पदानाम् padā́nām
Locative	पदे padé	पदयोः padáyoḥ	पदेषु padéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Masculine a-stem declension of पद (padá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पदः padáḥ	पदौ / पदा¹ padaú / padā́¹	पदाः / पदासः¹ padā́ḥ / padā́saḥ¹
Vocative	पद páda	पदौ / पदा¹ pádau / pádā¹	पदाः / पदासः¹ pádāḥ / pádāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पदम् padám	पदौ / पदा¹ padaú / padā́¹	पदान् padā́n
Instrumental	पदेन padéna	पदाभ्याम् padā́bhyām	पदैः / पदेभिः¹ padaíḥ / padébhiḥ¹
Dative	पदाय padā́ya	पदाभ्याम् padā́bhyām	पदेभ्यः padébhyaḥ
Ablative	पदात् padā́t	पदाभ्याम् padā́bhyām	पदेभ्यः padébhyaḥ
Genitive	पदस्य padásya	पदयोः padáyoḥ	पदानाम् padā́nām
Locative	पदे padé	पदयोः padáyoḥ	पदेषु padéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Tamil: பதம் (patam), பதவி (patavi)
• Telugu: పదము (padamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0583.
• Alexander Lubotsky, A Rgvedic Word Concordance, American Oriental Society, 1997, lemma padá