padaka , adj. or subst. m. (in Skt. Gr. , versed in the padapāṭha ; Pali id. , interpreted by PTSD in this latter sense, but by Pali comms. generally more broadly, learned , esp. in brahmanical learning), learned , in brahmanical learning (possibly more narrowly, in the padapāṭha): °ko vaiyākaraṇo Divy 619.24 ; 620.19 ; Speyer on Av ii.19.8 would em. Divy . to padaśo with text of Av , but this seems hardly necessary.
Padaka 1 (adjective) [from pada 4 ] one who knows the padas (words or lines), versed in the padapāṭha of the Veda (epithet of {409} an educated brahmin) D I 88 = Snp page 105 (where Avś II 19 in the same passage has padaśo = Pāli padaso word by word, but Divy 620 reads padako; ajjheti vedeti cā ti padako); M I 386; A I 163, 166; Snp 595; Miln 10, 236. Padaka 2 (neuter) = pada 3 , viz. basis, principle or pada 4, viz. stanza, line Ja V 116 (= kāraṇa-padāni commentary). Padaka 3 (neuter) [from pada 1 ] in compound aṭṭha° an "eight-foot," i.e. a small inset square (cf. aṭṭha-pada chess-board), a patch (?) Vin I 297. See also padika.[BD]: Not 'spider'?
(masc, masc, from pada) philologist; lexicographer; etymologist; who can recite the Vedas in the padapāṭha style Construction: √pad + a + ka pada + ka