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पादानुध्यात (pAdAnudhyAta)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
पादानुध्यात pAdAnudhyAta
adj.
the rightful successor of any one
पादानुध्यात pAdAnudhyAta
adj.
thought of by such a one
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पादानुध्यात or पादानु°ध्यान,
mfn.
‘thought of by (the feet of) such a one’, the rightful successor of any one (thought of by his predecessor),
Inscr.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Pād-ānudhyāta (IE 8-2
EI 2
CII 3), ‘meditating on the
feet or favoured by the feet of ’, a technical expression for
the relations of a feudatory to his paramount sovereign, of a
subordinate to a chief, of a successor to his predecessor, of a son
to his parents, of a nephew to his uncle, of a grandson to his
grandfather, and of a younger to his elder brother
used also in
respect of gods. In rare cases, the word pāda is omitted. Cf
Pāda-bhakta and Pād-ānudhyāna-rata.