In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Pāpada (पापद) refers to “that which brings miseries”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 11), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The comets that resemble the flaming fire or a garland are 120 in number. They are the sons of Agni and are named Viśvarūpa Ketus. When they appear there will be fear from fire. The comets that are dark-red in colour, without disc, presenting the appearance of Cāmara and with scattered rays are named Aruṇa Ketus. They are the sons of Vāyu (the wind) and are 77 in number; when they appear mankind will feel miserable [i.e., pāpada—pāpadāḥ paruṣāḥ]”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Pāpaḍa (पापड) in Gujarati refers to “a thin crisp cake made of kidney-bean flour mixed with spices” and corresponds to the Sanskrit Parpaṭa: “a kind of thin cake made of rice or pease-meal and baked in grease”.—(Mehta).

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Papada in India is the name of a plant defined with Holoptelea integrifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Holoptelea integrifolia Rendle (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Botanical Magazine (1990)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1848)
· Allergy (1991)
· Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. (2005)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1916)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Papada, for example side effects, diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

papada : (m.) tip of the foot.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Papada, (or Papadā?) (pa+pada) tip of the foot. toes; but in diff. meaning (for papaṭā or papāta to pat) “falling down, abyss, pit” at Sn. 665 (gloss for papaṭa; explained at SnA 479 by “mahāniraya”). (Page 413)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāpaḍa (पापड).—m (parpaṭa S) A thin crisp cake made of the flour of uḍīda or other pulse, with spices, a sort of wafer-cake.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pāpaḍa (पापड).—m A thin crisp cake made of the flour of uḍīda or other pulse, with spices.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pāpada (पापद):—[=pāpa-da] [from pāpa] mfn. bringing misfortune, inauspicious, [Varāha-mihira]

[Sanskrit to German]

Papada in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pāpaḍa (पापड):—(nm) salted (spiced) crisp thin cake made of ground pulse or sago etc; —[belanā] to go through fire and water, to be in hard circumstances; to pass one’s days in calamitous conditions; to endure hardships.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Papa, Da, Ta.

Starts with: Papadakhara, Papadapitha, Papadara, Papadarshan, Papadarshana, Papadarshin.

Ends with (+4): Adhyupapada, Aksharopapada, Apapada, Chyutopapada, Chyutupapada, Chyutyupapada, Cyutopapada, Cyutupapada, Cyutyupapada, Durupapada, Ghati pitta papada, Ghatipitpapada, GhatiPittapapada, Kashyapapada, Khetapapada, Kopapada, Nirupapada, Pitpapada, Pitta-papada, Pittapapada.

Full-text: Parpata, Papadakhara, Papadapitha, Paphudanem, Pheni, Papadi, Ghati pitta papada, Uttamopapada, Papa, Nishkramana, Papata, Tila.

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