Pāda
पादपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculino) · पद् धातु (pad — ir, cair) + अ प्रत्यय
pāda
Texts and Scriptures
AI translationQuarter; section; also literally 'foot'
Pāda has multiple technical uses. (1) Quarter of a śloka (four-line verse). (2) Division of a text — the Brahma Sūtras have 4 adhyāyas, each divided into 4 pādas. (3) In the Māṇḍūkya, the four 'pādas' of Om (AUM + silence) correspond to the four states of consciousness. (4) Literally 'foot' — as in 'guru-pāda', the feet of the teacher (reverence).
Occurrence in the corpus
एतेन सर्वे व्याख्याता व्याख्याताः ॥२८॥ 【भाष्यम्】 स्पष्टोऽर्थः ।१-४-२८। इति श्रीमद्भारद्वाजकुलजलधिकौस्तुभश्रीमदद्वैतविद्याचार्यश्रीविश्वजिद्याजिश्रीरङ्गराजाध्वरीन्द्रवरसूनोः चतुरधिकशतप्रबन्धनिर्माणचणस्य श्रीमदप्पय्यदीक्षितस्य कृतौ शारीरकन्यायरक्षामणौ प्रथमस्याध्यायस्य चतुर्थः पादः । अध्यायश्च समाप्तः ओम् तत्सत्
etena sarve vyākhyātā vyākhyātāḥ ||28|| 【bhāṣyam】 spaṣṭo'rthaḥ |1-4-28| iti śrīmadbhāradvājakulajaladhikaustubhaśrīmadadvaitavidyācāryaśrīviśvajidyājiśrīraṅgarājādhvarīndravarasūnoḥ caturadhikaśataprabandhanirmāṇacaṇasya śrīmadappayyadīkṣitasya kṛtau śārīrakanyāyarakṣāmaṇau prathamasyādhyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ | adhyāyaśca samāptaḥ om tatsat
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Vishva Vidya (2026). Pāda (पाद). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/pada
Vishva Vidya. "Pāda (पाद)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/pada.
Vishva Vidya. "Pāda (पाद)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/pada.
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