Padata, Paḍata, Padāta, Pādāta: 13 definitions

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Padata 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

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Pādāta (पादात) refers to “foot-soldiers”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [The Yogin], whose foot-soldiers (pādāta) are his quietened senses and who is endowed with [a successful king’s] powers [in the form of] his higher faculty of discernment, becomes joyful when he has conquered the hostile mind-king who is accompanied by his [royal] vehicle, the breath. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

paḍata (पडत).—f In the customs. Remission of duty (from a number or a quantity).

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

paḍata (पडत).—f In the customs. Remission of duty (from a number or a quantity).

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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

Padāta (पदात).—[padbhyāmatati, at-ac]

1) A foot-soldier; 'पदातिपत्तिपदगपादातिकपदाजयः (padātipattipadagapādātikapadājayaḥ)' Ak.; R. 7.37.

2) A pedestrian (walking on foot); Uttararāmacarita 5.12.

Derivable forms: padātaḥ (पदातः).

See also (synonyms): padāji, padāti.

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Pādāta (पादात).—A foot-soldier; पादातानां भ्रेजिरे खड्गलेखः (pādātānāṃ bhrejire khaḍgalekhaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 18.4.

-tam Infantry.

Derivable forms: pādātaḥ (पादातः).

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

Padāta (पदात).—m.

(-taḥ) A footman, a pedestrian. E. pada foot, at to go, aff. kvip.

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Pādāta (पादात).—m.

(-taḥ) A foot-soldier, a footman. n.

(-taṃ) Infantry. E. pāda, and at to go, aff. ac, or padāti a foot-soldier, aṇ collective aff.

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

Padāta (पदात).—i. e. pada-at + a, m. A pedestrian, a foot-soldier, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 5914.

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Pādāta (पादात).—i. e. pāda-at + a, I. m. A foot-soldier. Ii. n. Foot, infantry, Mahābhārata 12, 3672.

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

Pādāta (पादात).—[masculine] foot-soldier, foot-man.

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

1) Padatā (पदता):—[=pada-tā] [from pada > pad] f. the original form of a word, [Ṛgveda-prātiśākhya]

2) [v.s. ...] = next, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

3) Padāta (पदात):—[from pad] [wrong reading] for next and pādāta.

4) Pādāta (पादात):—[from pād] m. idem, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] n. infantry, [Mahābhārata] ([gana] bhikṣādi).

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

1) Padāta (पदात):—[padā+ta] (taḥ) 1. m. A footman.

2) Pādāta (पादात):—(taḥ) 1. m. Idem. n. Infantry.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pādāta (पादात) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pāyatta.

[Sanskrit to German]

Padata 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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Padāta (ಪದಾತ):—[noun] = ಪದಾತಿ [padati].

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Pāḍāṭa (ಪಾಡಾಟ):—[noun] that act or an instance of singing.

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Pādāta (ಪಾದಾತ):—[noun] = ಪಾದಾತಿ [padati].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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