Padaja, Pādaja, Pada-ja: 7 definitions
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Padaja 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPādaja (पादज).—a sūdra; पादजोच्छिष्टकांस्यं यत् (pādajocchiṣṭakāṃsyaṃ yat)...... विशुद्धेद् दशभिस्तु तत् (viśuddhed daśabhistu tat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.35.31.
Derivable forms: pādajaḥ (पादजः).
Pādaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāda and ja (ज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādaja (पादज).—m.
(-jaḥ) A Sudra, or man of the fourth and servile tribe. E. pāda the foot, (of Bramha,) and ja born.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādaja (पादज):—[=pāda-ja] [from pāda > pād] m. ‘born from the f° (of Brahmā)’, a Śūdra, [Harivaṃśa 1.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPādaja (पादज):—[pāda-ja] (jaḥ) 1. m. A sudra.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPādaja (ಪಾದಜ):—[noun] a śudra, who is mythically thought to have born from the feet of the Supreme Being.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pada, Ja, Pata.
Starts with: Padajaha, Padajala, Padajamina, Padajaminu, Padajata.
Ends with: Upapadaja, Uttanapadaja.
Full-text: Patacan, Uttanapadaja, Bandhu.
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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