adjective consisting of feet or parts, -fold; dvādasa˚ twelve fold Ja.i.75 (paccayākāra).

fr. pada 1; cp. padaka³

(one) who follows, observes, the ten sikkhāpadas.

…uposathikaṃ pāṭipadikaṃ
■ As part of the regulations concerning food, hours of eating etc. in the Sangha there is a distinction…

…dupaṭṭa) Vism.109.

• -padika (-magga) a small (lit. for one foot) foot-path Ja.i.315; Ja.v.491. *…

…track Dhp-a.ii.38.

• -ānupadika following one’s footsteps Ja.ii.78; Dhp-a.ii.94 (therānaṃ) nt. adv. ˚ṃ close behind Dhp-a.i.290. *…

…aṭṭha-pada chess-board) a patch (?) Vin.i.297. See also padika.

fr. pada¹

…pakkhika uposathika, pāṭipadika, Vin.i.58 = Vin.ii.175; Vin.iv.75; Ja.ii.210; Vism.66. 2. (cp. pakkha 2 & pakkhin 2) contributing to, leading…

adjective nourishing, feeding AN.i.62, AN.i.132 = Iti.110 (āpādaka +); f. -ikā a nurse, a female attendant Vin.ii.289 (āpādikā +).

fr. posa²

being on a level with the water Mil.237 (Trenckner conjectures samupodika). The better reading, however, is samupp˚, sama = peace, quiet, thus “producing quiet,” calm.

set of precepts, “preceptorial,” code of training; instruction, precept, rule

1. in general: DN.i.63, DN.i.146, DN.i.250; MN.i.33; AN.i.63, AN.i.235 sq. AN.ii.14, AN.ii.250 sq.; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.26 …

…(elephantiasis) morbid enlargement of the legs; hence sīpadin and sīpadika suffering from that disease Vin.i.91, Vin.i.322.

Sk. slīpada

the termite or white ant Vin.ii.113 Vin.ii.148, Vin.ii.152; Vin.iii.151; MN.i.306; Ja.iii.320; Ja.iv.331; Mil.363 Mil.392; Vism.62, Dhp-a.ii.25; Dhp-a.iii.15.

connected with Sk. upadīkā, although t …

adjective noun

1. (adj.) producing, leading to (-˚) Vv-a.4 (abhiññ˚ catuttha-jjhāna).
2. (n.) one who takes care of a child, a protector, guardian AN.i.62 = AN.i.132 = Iti.110 (+ posaka)
   ■ f …

nursing woman, in an˚; not nursing, unmarried Ja.iv.178.

short for āpādikā