Pāli Dictionary

pādaka

pādastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pad3gehen; schreiten

Synonyms

nimitta, ārammaṇa, adhiṭṭhāna, nibandhana

Antonyms

apādaka

general

  • Füße habend; mit Beinen; die Füße betreffend

  • having feet; with legs; about feet

  • als Stütze dienend; basierend auf

  • serving as a support; based on

meditation

  • eine Grundlage; Basis (bes. die Basis-Jhāna als Grundlage für weitere Praxis)

  • a foundation; basis (esp. pādaka-jjhāna, the base jhāna as a foundation for further practice)

padaka

approximate

padastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

pad3gehen; schreiten

general

  • Philologe; einer, der die Veden Wort für Wort im Padapāṭha-Stil rezitieren kann, Beiname eines gebildeten Brahmanen

  • a philologist; lexicographer; one who knows the Vedic verses word by word, versed in the padapāṭha (an epithet of an educated brahmin)

  • MN 91

    tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṃ sākkharappabhedānaṃ itihāsapañcamānaṃ, padako, veyyākaraṇo, lok'āyata-mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo.

  • MN 56

    isisattamassa akuhassa, tevijjassa brahmapattassa, nhātakassa padakassa, passaddhassa viditavedassa, purin'dadassa sakkassa, bhagavato tassa sāvako'ham'asmi.

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