Padadi, Pādādi, Padādi, Pada-adi: 9 definitions

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Padadi means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Pādādi (पादादि) refers to one of the ten kinds of yamaka, according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 17. Yamaka is one of the four “figures of speech” (alaṃkāra), used when composing dramatic compositions (kāvya).

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) Padādi (पदादि).—Beginning of a word, the first letter of a word; cf. सात्पदाद्योः (sātpadādyoḥ) P. VIII.3.111; cf. also स्वरितो वानुदात्ते पदादौ (svarito vānudātte padādau) P. VIII.2.6. Patañjali, for the sake of argument has only once explained पदादि (padādi) as पदादादिः (padādādiḥ) cf. M.Bh.on I. 1. 63 Vāŗt. 6;

2) Padādi.—A class of words headed by the word पद् (pad) which is substituted for पद (pada) in all cases except the nom. and the acc. singular and dual; this class, called पदादि (padādi), contains the substitutes पद्, दत्, नस् (pad, dat, nas) etc. respectively for पाद दन्त, नासिका (pāda danta, nāsikā) etc. cf. Kās on P. VI. 1.63;

3) Padādi.—The words in the class, called पदादि (padādi), constiting of the words पद्, दत्, नस्, मस् हृत् (pad, dat, nas, mas hṛt) and निश् (niś) only, which have the case affix after them accented acute; cf. P. VI. 1.171.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

paḍadī (पडदी).—f (paḍadā) A wall of one brick in breadth (whether as a partition-wall or generally).

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

paḍadī (पडदी).—f A wall of one brick in breadth.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Padādi (पदादि).—

1) the beginning of the line of a stanza.

2) the beginning or first letter of a word. °विद् (vid) m. a bad student (knowing only the beginnings of stanzas).

Derivable forms: padādiḥ (पदादिः).

Padādi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pada and ādi (आदि).

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

Padādi (पदादि).—[masculine] the beginning of a verse or word.

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

1) Padādi (पदादि):—[from pada > pad] m. the beginning of a verse or of a word, [Prātiśākhya]

2) Pādādi (पादादि):—[from pāda > pād] ([in the beginning of a compound]), the beginning of a verse

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Padadi 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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