A pada (pāda "foot") in Sanskrit poetic meter (chandas) is a quarter of a full verse (the foot of a quadruped being one out of four), e.g. a shloka of 24 syllables consists of four padas of 8 syllables. The term may also refer to the division of a text into four quarters; e.g. the eight chapters of the Astadhyayi are divided into four padas each. Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम्) is an Indo-European Classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... Meter (non-American spelling: metre) describes the linguistic sound patterns of verse. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

In traditional Sanskit grammar (Vyakarana), pāda is the term for "word", in the Astadhyayi defined as suP-tiṄ-antam pādam " a string ending with either a nominal or a verbal desinence is called pāda (word)". A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...

As a measure, it equals 12 angulas, see Hindu units of measurement.