Talk:Pada

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The Sanskrit term pada ( "foot"):
 * in Sanskrit poetic meter (chandas), a quarter of a full verse (the foot of a quadruped being one out of four), e.g. a shloka of 24 syllables consists of four padas of 6 syllables.
 * The term may also refer to the division of a text into four quarters; e.g. the eight chapters of the Astadhyayi are divided into four padas each.
 * In traditional Sanskit grammar (Vyakarana), ' is the term for "word", in the Astadhyayi defined as ' " a string ending with either a nominal or a verbal desinence is called  (word)".
 * As a measure, it equals 12 angulas, see Hindu units of measurement . not mentioned there.
 * A padapatha is a word-by-word variant of a Vedic text, and the name of the associated Vedic chant or mode of recitation.