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pada

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pa⋅da

  [pah-duh]
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–noun
a unit of Sanskrit or Vedic poetic meter, a series of light and heavy syllables, usually one quarter of a four-line stanza.
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pa·da   (pä'də)   
n.  A unit of Sanskrit poetic meter consisting of a series of light and heavy syllables in any of various set combinations.

[Sanskrit pādam, from pāt, pad-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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