1) Abbr. of {pad ma}. 2) See {zhabs pad}
1. pad cl. 1. P. padati v.l. for bad , to stand fast or fixed, Dhātup. iii, 1 , Dhātup. iii,">4 ; Vop.
2. pad cl. 4. Ā. ( Dhātup. xxvi, 60 ) padyate ( °ti , AitBr. ; MBh. ; Pot. padyAm , R. ; Impv. patsva , MBh. ; pf. papAda , RV. ; pede , Br. ; aor. apadmahi , °dran , RV. [ Subj. padAti , ib. ]; apatsi , patTAs , AV. ; Prec. padIzwa/ , RV. ; AV. ; fut. patsyati , Br. ; °te , Up. ; pattA Gr. ; inf. pa/ttave , RV. ; °tos , °tum , Br. ; -pa/das , RV. ; ind.p. -pa/dya , ib. ; -pA/dam , Br. ), to fall, fall down or out, perish, RV. ; AV. ; VS. ; Br. ; to go, resort or apply to, participate in ( acc. ), keep, observe, MBh. : Caus. pAda/yati , °te , to cause to fall, AV. ; AitBr. ( Pass. pAdyate , Br. ; Desid. pipAdayizati , Br. &c.); padayate , to go, Dhātup. xxxv, 44 : Desid. pitsate , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54 : Intens. panIpadyate , Kāv. ; panIpadIti , Pāṇ. vii, 4, 84.
lotus stands for pad ma—transliteration of Sanskrit word, padma; see: pa dma
pad I. 10 A. ( padayate ) To go or move. II. 4 A. ( padyate, panna ; caus. pAdayati-te ; desid. pitsate ) 1 To go, move. 2 To go to, approach (with acc. ). 3 To attain, obtain, gain; jyotizAmADipatyaM ca praBAvaM cApyapadyata Mb. 4 To observe, practice; svaDarmaM padyamAnAste Mb. 5 Ved. To fall down ( pb ) with fatigue. 6 Ved. To perish. 7 To fall out. III. 1 P. ( padati ) To stand fast or fixed.
pad m. [ pad-kvip ] (This word has no forms for the first five inflections; it is optionally substituted for pada after acc. dual) 1 A foot. 2 A quarter, a fourth part (as of a stanza). Comp. — kAzin a. 1 rubbing or scratching the feet. 2 going on foot, pedestrian. ( — m. ) a footman. — gaH, (padgaH) a footsoldier. — jaH ( jjaH ) 1 a footman. 2 a Śūdra; cf. padByAM SUdro ajAyata . — nadDA, -naDrI a shoe, boot. — nizkaH one quarter of a Niṣka. — raTaH ( padraTaH ) a footsoldier, footman. — SabdaH noise of footsteps. — hatiH, -tI f. ( padDatiH, tI ) 1 a way, path, road, course ( fig. also); iyaM hi raGusiMhAnAM vIracAritrapadDatiH U. 5. 22 ; R. 3. 46 ; 6. 55 ; 11. 87 ; kavipraTamapadDatiM 15. 33 ‘the first way shown to poets’. 2 a line, row, range. 3 a surname, title or epithet, a word denoting caste or profession in compounds which are used as proper names; e. g. gupta, dAsa datta &c. 4 N. of a class of writings. — himaM ( padDimaM ) coldness of the feet.