apad

which does not exist or which is unknown. [In the passage

in which this word occurs, Śatap. XIV. 8. 15. 10., it is an

epithet of gāyatrī, which for mystical reasons has been

called previously ekapadī ‘one-footed’, dvipadī ‘two-footed’,

tripadī ‘three-footed’ and catuṣpadī ‘four-footed’; Dwiveda-

ganga on the Śatapathabr. explains apad ‘because a pada i. e.

by what she may be known does not exist’--padyase jñā-

yase yena tatpadaṃ na vidyate yasyāḥ sā tvamapadasi--; but ac-

cording to this gloss apad would be a Bahuvr., while its

accent--the udātta on the first syllable--assigns it to

the class of Tatpur. compounds. The interpretation of Śan-

kara on the same passage in the Bṛhadār. seems therefore

preferable: avidyamānaṃ padaṃ yena padyase sā tvamapadasi ‘thou

art apad because thou goest on a road which does not

exist or which is unknown’.--In no case can the word

mean ‘footless’, for its form would then be apadī and its

accent the udātta on the penultima.--Bahuvr. forms

like apade, apadī &c. belong to the base apād q. v., not

to a base apad.] E. a neg. and pad (with an ellipsis of pada).

-ā́d [m.] {32,7} (ahastás); {297,11} (aśīrṣā́).

-ā́d [f. für -ádī], {152,3} (prathamā́); {500,6} (iyám).

-ā́dam [m.] vṛtrám {264,8}; atrám {386,8}.

-áde sū́ryāya {24,8}.

-ā́das [N. m.] {925,4} (droṇíaśvāsas).

-ádī [s. f.] ahastā́ kṣā́s {848,14}.

-ádī [d. f.] {185,2} (dyā́vāprthivī́).