Pāli Dictionary

dvipada1

dviprefixpadastem

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

catuppada, catuppāda

general

  • two-footed; having two feet

  • AN 10.15

    yāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā n'evasaññin'āsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṃ aggam'akkhāyati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho.

dvipada2

dviprefixpadastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a biped; a two-footed being (e.g. a human or a bird)

  • Thag 19.1

    suyuttavādī dvipadānam'uttamo, mahābhisakko naradammasārathi, cittaṃ calaṃ makkaṭasannibhaṃ iti, avītarāgena sudunnivārayaṃ.

  • Dhp 273

    maggān'aṭṭh'aṅgiko seṭṭho, saccānaṃ caturo padā, virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṃ, dvipadānañ'ca cakkhumā.

dvipada3

dviprefixpadastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Antonyms

ekapada

general

  • two words; a couplet of two lines of verse

  • AN 6.63

    yena vā pana dukkhena abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto bahiddhā pariyeṭṭhiṃ āpajjati, ko ekapadaṃ dvipadaṃ jānāti imassa dukkhassa nirodhāyā'ti?

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

dvipādā
  1. dvi

    two; the number two; a pair; (in compounds) twice or double

  2. pādāpāda

    foot; leg; footprint

dviapādā
  1. dvi

    two; the number two; a pair; (in compounds) twice or double

  2. apādāapāda

    footless; legless; creeping (e.g. of snakes)

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