Apada, Ā貹, Āpā, 岹, , Ā岹: 27 definitions
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In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramĀ岹 (आपाद) refers to the “feet� (e.g., 岹ٲ—from the soles of the feet), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “Above [Śiva] is the tranquil (energy called) Śivā. [...] If he desires liberation, the one who possesses (this) glory should abide on that plane. [...] And then the (Supreme) State arises and that state is Śāmbhavī, (otherwise called) Śivā. [...] Pulsating there, he should ascend from the foundation of the root (Wheel) as does a monkey (along) a tree, from the soles of the feet up to the top of the head [i.e., 岹-ٲ-ūԳٲ]. Then comes liberation in the venerable Śrīkrama. Beyond that is the Transmental. [...]�.

Shakta (शाक्�, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Arthashastra (politics and welfare)
: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (artha)Ā貹 (आपदा) refers to “adversities (divine or human)�, according to the Arthaśāstra verse 1.9.9-10.—Accordingly, “He should appoint as chaplain a man who comes from a very distinguished family and has an equally distinguished character, who is thoroughly trained in the Veda together with the limbs, in divine omens, and in government, and who could counteract divine and human adversities (貹) through Atharvan means. He should follow him as a pupil his teacher, a son his father, and a servant his master�.

Arthashastra (अर्थशास्त्�, arthaśāstra) literature concerns itself with the teachings (shastra) of economic prosperity (artha) statecraft, politics and military tactics. The term arthashastra refers to both the name of these scientific teachings, as well as the name of a Sanskrit work included in such literature. This book was written (3rd century BCE) by by Kautilya, who flourished in the 4th century BCE.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāApada (अप�) refers to the “absence of words�, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Ratnaśrī said: ‘Son of good family, how is ‘matter of dispute (첹ṇa)� explained?� Gaganagañja said: ‘Son of good family, ‘matter of dispute� is a word for imputing. One who does not impute anything to any dharma does not makes any matter of dispute concerning any dharma, therefore a word for ‘no matter of dispute� is a word for sameness; a word for sameness is a word for the incomparable; a word for the incomparable is a word for the absence of words (apada); a word for the absence of words is a word for the absence of letters; [...]’�.

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiĀ貹 (आपदा) refers to “misfortune�, according to the Guru Mandala Worship (ṇḍԲ) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary ū and practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Holy vermillion sandlewood purifies, destroys the wicked, Daily removes misfortune (貹), (and) always yields good fortune�.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Jaina YogaApada (अप�) refers to “without feet�, and represents classification of things that can be stolen (steya, caurya), according to Umāsvāti’s Śrāvaka-prajñapti 265 and Haribhadra’s commentary on the Āvaśyaka-sūtra p. 822b. It is related to the Asteya-vrata (vow of not stealing).
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections1) Āpada (आप�) refers to “calamities�, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “Is one not disturbed by [family] attachments? Is this body not cut down by diseases? Does death not open its mouth? Do calamities not do harm every day (貹岹�pratidina� druhyanti ki� n貹岹�)? Are hells not dreadful? Are not sensual pleasures deceiving like a dream? Because of which, having discarded one’s own benefit, you have a desire for the world which is like a city of Kiṃnaras�.
2) Āpada (आप�) refers to “misfortune�, according to the Jñānārṇava.—Accordingly, “All the connections arising from the ocean of life are the abode of bad luck [com.—貹�-gṛha�貹� gṛha�—‘the home of misfortune’] for human beings [and] thus, in the end, [the connections] are exceedingly tasteless�.
Synonyms: Vipada.
: academia.edu: The Original Paṇhavāyaraṇa/Praśnavyākaraṇa DiscoveredApada (अप�) refers to “creatures without feet�, as taught in the Paṇhavāgaraṇa (Sanskrit: Praśnavyākaraṇa): the tenth Anga of the Jain canon which deals with the prophetic explanation of queries regarding divination.—The Praśnavyākaraṇa deals with the śԲ in a rather complex way. It is divided into at least 33 short chapters [e.g., 貹岹-; part of the chapter called īԳ-첹ṇa], some of which are further divided into sub-chapters. Some contents of the text, mainly those related with articulation and pronunciation can have significance far beyond the scope of the śԲ.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryapada : (adj.) footless. || da (adj.), footless; creeping. 貹 (f.), misfortune; distress.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary岹, (?) (apa + ā + ) giving away in marriage J.IV, 179 (in expln. of anāpāda unmarried; reading should prob. be āpāda = pariggaha). (Page 54)
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Ā貹, (f.) (Sk. 貹, fr. ā + pad, cp. āpajjati & BSk. 貹, e. g. in 貹gata Jtm 3133) accident, misfortune, distress, D.III, 190; A.II, 68 (Loc. pl. 貹su), 187; III, 45; IV, 31; Th.1, 371; J.IV, 163 (貹岹tthā, a difficult form; vv. ll. T. aparattā, 貹岹tvā, C. aparatthā; expld. by 貹ya); V, 340 (Loc. 貹e), 368; PvA.130 (quot.); Sdhp.312, 554. Note. For the contracted form in Loc. pl. āpāsu (= *āpatsu) see *āpā. (Page 102)
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Āpā, (f.) (short for āpādikā) a nursing woman, in an° not nursing, unmarried J.IV, 178. (Page 102)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) apada (အပ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[na+pada]
�+ပĒ]
2) 貹 (အာပဒ�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[ā+pada+a+ā. ṭīkānitea puç thīrhieieahu eiea,貹i.]
[အ�+ပ�+�+အာ။ ဇာတ်ဋီကာသစ်၌ ပ�,ထီနှစ်မျိုးရှိ၏ဟ� ဆို၏� အာပဒိကြည့်။]
3) āpāda (အာပါ�) [(pu) (ပ�)]�
[apa+ā++ṇa]
အ�+အ�+ဒ�+®
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) apada�
(Burmese text): (�) ခြေမရှိသော၊ သတ္တဝါ။ (�) ခြေရ�-မရှ�-မထင�-သော၊ ခြေရာမထင်သေ�-ကောင်းကင�-ဟင်းလင်းပြင်။ (�) တည်ရ�-အာရု�-မရှိသော။ (�) (ရာဂစသေ�)အကြောင်းမရှိသော၊ သူ။ (�) တည်ရ�-ကျောင်းခင်�-ကျောင်းတလင်�-မဟုတ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) A being with no feet. (2) A sky without traces, untraceable. (3) Lacking a fixed sense of place. (4) A being without cause. (5) A school that is not situated in one specific location.
2) 貹�
(Burmese text): (�) ဘေးရန်၊ အန္တရာယ်။ (�) ပျက်စီးခြင်း။ အာပဒတ္�-(က)-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Hazard, danger. (2) Destruction. Also, refer to the Ara Padatta.
3) āpāda�
(Burmese text): သိမ်းပိုက်ခြင်း။ အနာပါ�-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Seizing. Check the condition.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary貹 (आपदा).—f (S) A misfortune or calamity. 2 Distress or affliction; suffering from want, sickness &c.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English貹 (आपदा).�f Misfortune, calamity; distress.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryApada (अप�).�a.
1) Footless.
2) Having no office or post.
-岹� A reptile.
-dam No place or abode.
2) A wrong or bad place or abode; wrong timer चिरमपद� शङ्कितोऽस्मि (ciramapade śṅkito'smi) M.1 my doubts were out of place, ill-founded; प्रे� पश्यति भयान्यपदेऽपि (prema paśyati bhayānyapade'pi) Kirātārjunīya 9.7 unreasonably.
3) A word which is not a pada or an inflected word.
4) Ether.
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岹 (अपाद).�= अपद् (apad) q. v.
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(अपाद�).�3 A. To take off or away, to remove; तत्पाप्मानमपादत्ते (ٲٱ賾Բ岹ٳٱ); मृत्पिण्डमपादा� महावीरं करोत� (mṛtpiṇḍamya mahāvīra� karoti) Śat. Br.
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Ā貹 (आपदा).�f. Misfortune, calamity.
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Ā岹 (आपाद).—[-貹-ñ]
1) Attainment, obtaining.
2) Reward, remuneration.
Derivable forms: 岹� (आपाद�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryApada (अप�).�adj. (= Pali id.; not in Sanskrit in this meaning), trackless, that cannot be traced: Ѳ屹ٳ iii.91.20 (= Dhammapada (Pali) 179 id.) buddhaṃ…apada�; ṣṭ-ñ 306.7, of the (Buddha's) dharma.
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Ā貹 (आपदा).�(Pali and Sanskrit Lex. id., Sanskrit 貹; compare § 15.9), disaster: 貹su ū-پ岹-վԲⲹ iv.115.14; 116.1, 7.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryApada (अप�).—mfn.
(-da- or -ī-岹�) 1. Footless, having no feet. 2. Having no place, no station. adv. n.
(-岹�) Unseasonably, inopportunely. m.
(-岹�) A reptile. E. a neg. pada a foot.
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Ā貹 (आपदा).—fn.
(--岹�) Misfortune, calamity. E. � before pad to go, � and ṭāp affs.; also 貹.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryApada (अप�).—I. n. a wrong place, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 26, 23. Ii. adj. wanting feet, [ʲñٲԳٰ] 211, 6.
Apada is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and pada (पद).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryApada (अप�).�1. [neuter] no or a wrong place.
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Apada (अप�).�2. [adjective] footless.
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(अपाद�).—[Middle] take off.
is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms and (दा).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apada (अप�):—[=a-pada] [from a-pad] n. no place, no abode, [Atharva-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] the wrong place or time, [Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] mfn. footless, [ʲñٲԳٰ]
4) 岹 (अपाद):—[=-岹] [from -] mfn. not divided into Pādas not metrical.
5) (अपाद�):—[=-] -�1. [Ātmanepada] to take off or away, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra]
6) Ā貹 (आपदा):—[=ā-pa] [from -貹] f. misfortune, calamity, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) Ā岹 (आपाद):—[=-岹] [from -貹] a m. reward, remuneration, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]
8) [v.s. ...] arriving at, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] (for 2. -岹 See below.)
10) [v.s. ...] (p. 143, [column] 1, erase 1. and parenthesis on next line)
11) [=-岹] b etc. See under 1. -√p.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryApada (अप�):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.
(-dam) 1) No-place.
2) A place which can-not be stepped or dwelt upon, a bad place.
3) (In Grammar.) A word which is not a pada (q. v.) or an inflected word; e. g. پṇa貹岹ٱ. E. a neg. or deter. and pada. Ii. [bahuvrihi compound] 1. m. f. n.
(-岹�--dam) 1) Footless.
2) Without a place, without a shelter; e. g. pad貹 paribhramannayena y貹pa (comm. apa atrāṇ� asthānā vā damayantī &c.).
3) Unsteady, fickle; e. g. 貹岹 (comm. ٳṣmī). 2. m.
(-岹�) A reptile. 3. n.
(-dam) (ved.) The æther (according to ⲹṇa and Ѳī; the accent of the word in the latter sense is irregular, viz. the utta on the second syllable). E. a priv. and pada.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Apada (अप�):—[a-pada] (da�--ī-岹�) a. Footless; stationless. adv. Unseasonably.
2) Ā貹 (आपदा):—[ā-pa] () 1. f. Calamity.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Apada (अप�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Apaya.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Āpada (आप�):�(nf) see [貹].
2) Ā貹 (आपदा) [Also spelled apda]:�(nf) distress, adversity.
3) (nf) see [āpat; ~grasta] in distress/distressed, seized by misfortune, fallen on evil days.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusApada (ಅಪ�):—[adjective] lacking feet or legs, as snakes; apodal.
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岹 (ಅಪಾದ):—[adjective] lacking feet or legs, as snakes; apodal.
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Āpada (ಆಪ�):—[noun] = ಆಪತ್ತು [apattu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryApada (अप�):—adj. 1. footless; legless; 2. having no office/post; n. a word which is not a पद [pada ] (or an inflected word);
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: A, Apa, Pata, Na, Dhavala.
Starts with (+14): Apadadi, Apadadibhaj, Apadagami, Apadagriha, Apadah, Apadaka, Apadakantham, Apadakatva, Apadakeshavarnana, Apadala, Apadalaka, Apadalambi, Apadalambini, Apadamukta, Apadan, Apadana, Apadanakarana, Apadanapatti, Apadanavacaka, Apadane.
Full-text (+170): Apadana, Pata, Vyapada, Apatti, Apadaka, Apanna, Apadantara, Padakara, Apadastha, Apadaruha, Apadarohini, Apadappatta, Anapada, Byapada, Apadas, Apadita, Pattha, Apadakatha, Apadabujjhana, Ajjhapajjati.
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