Agrapada, Agrapāda, Agra-pada: 4 definitions

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Agrapada means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Agrapāda (अग्रपाद).—the forepart of the foot; toes; नवकिसलयरागेणाग्रपादेन (navakisalayarāgeṇāgrapādena) M.3.12; °स्थिता (sthitā) standing on tiptoe. Ś.5.

Derivable forms: agrapādaḥ (अग्रपादः).

Agrapāda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agra and pāda (पाद).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Agrapada (अग्रपद).—(= Pali aggapada, compare pada), pl., the highest, most sublime subjects (or utterances?): (padena padaṃ vyañjanena vyañjanaṃ saṃsyandate sameti) yad utāgrapadaiḥ Avadāna-śataka ii.142.17; 143.6, and that too with…

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

Agrapāda (अग्रपाद):—[=agra-pāda] [from agra] m. fore part of the foot, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

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Agrapada 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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