पद्—धति f. f. (for
-हति) ‘foot-stroke’, a way, path, course, line,
[Hariv.] ;
[Kāv.] &c. (also
°तीg. बह्व्-आदि)
sign, token,
[Jātakam.] N. of a class of writings (described as guide-books or manuals for
partic. rites and ceremonies and the texts relating to them) and of
sev. works.
-गुप्त a family
N. or title (or rather the characteristic word denoting caste or occupation in comps. serving as proper names
e.g. ,
-दास at the end of
वैश्य and
शूद्र names),
[L.]