Meanings
nounpada (plural padas)
plural padas
- Sanskrithuman sciencesThe basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse in Sanskrit, typically as part of a four-line stanza.
There were quatrains and broken verses and entire poems. There were padas that she had started and scratched out.
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 79
Origin
- Sanskritपद
- Englishpada
From Sanskrit पद (pada).
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Rhymes with pada
NevadaramadaGranadaarmadanadacicadaenchiladashimadaScheherazadelambadafadaAnegadaintradaempanadachinchilladafeijoadapiña coladaquesaladashahzadasilradawhole enchilada
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