Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4077

c6.4077

*Pād-ānudhyāta* (IE 8-2; EI 2; CII 3), ‘meditating on the feet or favoured by the feet of……’, a technical expression for the relations of a feudatory to his paramount sovereign, of a subordinate to a chief, of a successor to his predecessor, of a son to his parents, of a nephew to his uncle, of a grandson to his grandfather, and of a younger to his elder brother; used also in respect of gods. In rare cases, the word *pāda* is omitted. Cf *Pāda-bhakta* and *Pād-ānudhyāna-rata*.