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Word origin · etymology

Sanskrit pūrva, earlier, with bhadra, auspicious, and pada, foot; Bhādrapadā names the pair.

Keep Bhādrapadā distinct from the older Proṣṭhapadā, which Monier-Williams explains through the foot of a stool. A funeral cot is not the literal definition of the modern name used here.

Monier-Williams (1899): bhadra / bhadrapadā — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Monier-Williams (1899): proṣṭha / proṣṭhapada — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Monier-Williams (1899): pūrvabhādrapada — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗

How we know · epistemology

Lexical attestation, ritual tradition and a stated coordinate convention

The names and deity lists belong to identifiable textual traditions. The reflection on commitment is original editorial material, not an ancient rule inferred from the mansion's name.

Monier-Williams (1899): bhadra / bhadrapadā — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Monier-Williams (1899): proṣṭha / proṣṭhapada — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Monier-Williams (1899): pūrvabhādrapada — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa YV 32–35 / RV 25–28, in Indian Astronomy: A Source-book §12.10.1 ↗Rigveda 7.35: Viśvedevas — R. T. H. Griffith translation ↗Monier-Williams (1899): aja / ajaikapād — University of Hyderabad digital edition ↗Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā 2.13.20 — Sanskrit transcription ↗

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