पाद [ pāda ] [ pāda ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . , rarely f ( [ ī ] ) .) the foot (of men and animals) Lit. RV. (the pl. sometimes added to proper names or titles in token of respect e.g. [ deva-pādāḥ ] , " the king's majesty " Lit. Pañc. ; [ nārāyaṇap ] , " the venerable Nārāyaṇa " Lit. Sāh. ; [ pādaiḥ ] ind. on foot ( said of several persons ) . Lit. R. ; [ °dayoḥ ] and [ °de-√ pat ] , to fall at a person's ( gen. ) feet Lit. Kāv. Lit. Hit) ( 617,1 )

  the foot or leg of an inanimate object , column , pillar Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. MBh.

  a wheel Lit. Śiś. xii , 21

  a foot as a measure (= 12 Aṅgulas) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. MārkP.

  the foot or root of a tree Lit. Var.

  the foot or a hill at the foot of a mountain Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  the bottom ( [ dṛteh pādāt ] , " from the bottom of a bag " v.l. [ pātrāt ] ) Lit. MBh. v , 1047

  a ray or beam of light (considered as the foot of a heavenly body) Lit. ib.

  a quarter , a fourth Part (the fourth of a quadruped being one out of 4) Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. (pl. the 4 parts i.e. all things required for ( gen. ) Lit. Suśr.)

  the quadrant (of a circle) Lit. Āryabh. Sch.

  a verse or line (as the fourth part of a regular stanza) Lit. Br. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Prāt.

  the caesura of a verse Lit. AgP. , the chapter of a book (orig. only of a book or section of a book consisting of 4 parts , as the Adhyāyas of Pāṇini's grammar) .

  [ pādaiḥ ] ind. , see [ pāda ] , on foot ( said of several persons ) . Lit. R.