Pāli Dictionary

pādaka

pādastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

pad3aller; marcher

Synonyms

nimitta, ārammaṇa, adhiṭṭhāna, nibandhana

Antonyms

apādaka

general

  • ayant des pieds; avec des jambes; relatif aux pieds

  • having feet; with legs; about feet

  • servant de support; fondé sur

  • serving as a support; based on

meditation

  • un fondement; une base (notamment le jhāna de base servant de fondement à la pratique ultérieure)

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

padaka

approximate

padastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

pad3aller; marcher

general

  • philologue; celui qui connaît les Védas mot à mot selon le style padapāṭha, épithète d’un brahmane instruit

  • 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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