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Meaning of "Pada"

Word

Pada

Sanskrit

पाद

IAST

pāda

In General

Foot ; quarter; a line or part of a couplet in a poetry.

The Gayatri meter is of 3 padas with 8 syllables. Similarly Anustup meter is of 4 padas with 8 syllables

In astrology, Pada is a quarter. Each Nakshatra has 4 four padas

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