Padacapalya, Pādacāpalya, Pada-capalya: 5 definitions

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Padacapalya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Padachapalya.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Padacapalya in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pādacāpalya (पादचापल्य).—shuffling of the feet.

Derivable forms: pādacāpalyam (पादचापल्यम्).

Pādacāpalya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāda and cāpalya (चापल्य).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pādacāpalya (पादचापल्य).—n.

(-lyaṃ) Beating or shuffling with the feet. E. pāda a feet, &c. cāpalya unsteadiness.

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

Pādacāpalya (पादचापल्य):—[=pāda-cāpalya] [from pāda > pād] ([Yājñavalkya]) n. carelessness in placing the feet.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pādacāpalya (पादचापल्य):—[pāda-cāpalya] (lyaṃ) 1. n. Beating or shuffling with the feet.

[Sanskrit to German]

Padacapalya 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.

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