padavī पदवी – way; path
substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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AYI dictionary substantive feminine
way; path
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine
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padavī́ ·m. (nom. °vī́s) leader, guide, usher; f. (nom. °vī) path, way, track; reach, range (of eyes, ears, etc.); position, rank. -- padaṃ padavyāṃ (w. gen. or --°) dhā or nidhā tread in the footstep of a person, i.e. rival with him.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
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—Pada-vī, īs, m., Ved. a leader, guide, one who precedes another; (pada-vī or according to some also pada- vi, is), f. a road, path, way, track (e. g. mokṣa- padavī, the way to final beatitude; payasaḥ pa- davī, a water-course, canal; artha-padavīṃ gam, to go the way of profit, to consult one's interest; smaraṇa-padavīṃ gata, gone to the way of memory, i. e. living only in the memory, dead; hāsya-padavīṃ gam, to go the way of laughter, i. e. to become a subject of ridicule); station, situa- tion, degree, rank, post, office; place, site.
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padavī pada-vī. See p. 530, col. 2.
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine
padavī́ (pada + vī, vgl. ṚV. 1,48,6; nach UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. auch padaví) 1〉 m. Anführer, Wegweiser, Vortreter: pa̱da̱vīḥ kàvī̱nām ṚV. 3,5,1. ṚV. 9,96,6. ṚV. 9,96,18. i̱no vā̀ma̱nyaḥ pàda̱vīradàbdhaḥ ṚV. 7,36,2. ṚV. 3,31,8. śra̱ma̱yuvàḥ pada̱vyò dhiya̱ṃdhāsta̱sthuḥ ṚV. 1,72,2. adhnyè pada̱vīrbhàva brāhma̱ṇasyā̱bhiśàstyā AV. 12,5,58. Vgl. padavāya. — 2〉 f. nom. ˚vī Weg, Pfad AK. 2,1,15. AK. 3,4,15,90. H. 983. HALĀY. 2,105. śīghraṃ padavīṃ caradhvam DRAUP. 6,19. yasyārjunaḥ padavīm — yāti MBH. 5,653. RĀJA-TAR. 3,295. ā gavākṣādalaktakāṅkāṃ padavīṃ tatāna RAGH. 7,7. jagṛhustasya cittajñāḥ padavīṃ harirākṣasāḥ RAGH. 15,99. mā nidhāḥ padaṃ padavyāṃ sagarasya saṃtateḥ RAGH. 3,50. utsukā padavīmasya draṣṭum KATHĀS. 34,217. AMAR. 71. payasaḥ so v. a. Kanal AK. 1,2,3,34. pavana˚ MEGH. 8. jaladharapadavīmavāpya dhūmaḥ PRAB. 12,16. ghana˚ KIR. 5,24. sādhupadavīṃ sevasva BHARTṚ. 2,70. anuyāhi sādhupadavīm Spr. 1051. saṃsāra tava nistārapadavī na davīyasī BHARTṚ. 1,68. mokṣa˚ der Weg zur Erlösung DHŪRTAS. 85,9. arthapadavīṃ gam den Weg des Nutzens gehen so v. a. seinen Vortheil wahrnehmen BHĀG. P. 7,7,9. nāsābhyeti tilaprasūnapadavīm den Weg betreten so v. a. nachahmen, ähnlich sein GĪT. 10,14. naivāsmākaṃ nayanapadavīṃ śrotramārgaṃ gato vā Spr. 401. śūdrādīnāṃ tu na (so ist zu lesen) cchrotrapadavīmupayāsyati VĀRĀHA-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 58,b,4. smaraṇapadavīṃ (v. l. smṛtiviṣayatāṃ) te 'pi gamitāḥ so v. a. auch von denen ist nur die Erinnerung zurückgeblieben, auch die leben nur in der Erinnerung d. i. sind todt BHARTṚ. 3,49. hāsyapadavīṃ yāti so v. a. wird zum Gegenstand des Gelächters PAÑCAT. 252,5. sarvaguṇānuvādapadavīvidyotanācāryaka DHŪRTAS. 67,2. yauvanapadavīmārūḍhaḥ so v. a. inʼs Jünglingsalter getreten PAÑCAT. 87,14. vivekapadavīṃ prāpya so v. a. nachgedacht habend KATHĀS. 33,81. vitarkapadavīṃ naivaṃ samārohati so v. a. sich in Untersuchungen einlassen PRAB. 116,9. — b〉 Stellung, Amt: yāpi te padavī dattā hatā rāmeṇa sāpi te R. 3,27,14. nijāṃ sācivyapadavīṃ samāsādayiṣyāmi PAÑCAT. 13,4. amātyapadavīmāśritya PAÑCAT. 26,4. sācivyapadavīsamanvita PAÑCAT. 58,10. siṃhasyāmātyapadavī pradattā PAÑCAT. 63,22.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · substantive masculine
Original text · German · substantive feminine · substantive masculine
padavī́ — 1〉 m. (Nom. ˚s) Anführer, Wegweiser, Vortreter. — 2〉 f. (Nom. padavī) — a〉 Wegspur, Spur (KĀD. 30,12). Weg, Pfad, Weg zu (im Comp. vorangehend). padaṃ padavyāṃ nidhā den Fuss auf den Pfad von Jmd (Gen.) setzen, so v. a. es ihm nachthun wollen; *tpadavyāṃ padaṃ dhā so v. a. sich damit oder mit ihm messen können Chr. 251,7; ˚padavīm abhi-i den Weg von — betreten, so v. a. gleichkommen, ähnlich sein; ˚padavīṃ pra-āp auf den Weg von — gelangen und padavīṃ samā-ruh den Weg von — betreten, so v. a. sich einer Sache hingeben; yauvanapadavīmārūḍhāḥ so v. a. inʼs Jünglingsalter getreten; ˚padavīṃ yā den Weg des — betreten. so v. a. zum Gegenstand von Etwas [Page4-022-c] (z. B. des Gelächters) werden. — b〉 Bereich (der Augen, Ohren, der Erinnerung). — c〉 Stellung, Amt PRASANNAR. 123,2.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
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padaviḥ -vī f. [pad-avi vā ṅīp] 1 A way, road, path, course (fig. also); pavanapadavī Me. 8; anuyāhi sādhupadavīṃ Bh. 2. 77 ‘follow in the footsteps of the good’; Ś. 4. 13; R. 3. 50, R. 7. 7; R. 8. 11; R. 15. 99; Bh. 3. 46; Ve. 6. 27; so sa yauvanapadavīmārūḍhaḥ Pt. 1 ‘he ([Page 0664-b]) attained his majority’ (grew up to man's estate). 2 Position, station, rank, dignity, office, post. 3 A place, site. 4 Good conduct or behaviour.
Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine
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padavī́ m. (Nom. ˚vī́s) Wegweiser; f. (Nom. ˚vī) Fußspur, Weg, Pfad; padavyāṃ (—˚ o. mit Gen.) padaṃ (ni)dhā in jemds. Spur treten, es mit jemd. aufnehmen.
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
padavi et padavī f. (sfx. vi) route, chemin.
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