[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s21.754 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.754 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s21.754 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s21.754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.754) 2. Pāda, as a measure of length, denotes ‘foot’ in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.¹ The term is occasionally² used to express a measure of weight. As a fraction it means a ‘quarter,’ a sense derived from that of ‘foot’ of a quadruped (just as śapha, the divided hoof, comes to mean an ‘eighth’). - [Previous: v1.c3.s21.753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.753) - [Next: v1.c3.s21.755](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.755) - [Up: v1.c3.s21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.754) · Pramāṇa