[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.4077 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4077 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4077 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4077](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.4076](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4076) - [Next: c6.4078](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4078) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4077](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4077) · Pramāṇa