त्रिपाद

Sanskrit

Etymology

त्रि (tri) +‎ पाद (pāda). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous), whence Latin tripūs and English tripod.

Noun

त्रिपाद • (tripāda) m

  1. an asterism of which three-fourths are included under one zodiacal sign (W.)
  2. a vessel with three feet, a tripod (Kauś.)
  • त्रिपादी (tripādī)
  • त्रिपादिका (tripādikā)

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 459, 1328
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