[pad-ac] 1 A foot (said to be m. also in this sense); padena on foot; śikhariṣu padaṃ nyasya Me. 13; a- pathe padamarpayaṃti hi R. 9. 74 ‘set foot on (follow) a wrong road’; 3. 50; 12. 52; padaṃ hi sarvatra guṇaurnidhīyate 3. 62 ‘good qualities set foot every- where’; i. e. command notice or make themselves felt; janapeda na gadaḥ pada- mādadhau 9. 4 ‘no disease stepped in- to the country’; yadavadhi na padaṃ...