त्रिपाद

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Noun

त्रिपाद • (tripāda) m

an asterism of which three-fourths are included under one zodiacal sign (W.)
a vessel with three feet, a tripod (Kauś.)

Related terms

त्रिपादी (tripādī)
त्रिपादिका (tripādikā)

Descendants

Hindi: तिपाई (tipāī)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “त्रिपाद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 459, 1328.

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