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Pada (other)
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Pada(s) may refer to: Places *Pada (river), Estonia * Pada, Estonia, a village * Padar, Indonesia, or Pada, an island *Padas (federal constituency), Sabah, Malaysia *Padas River, Malaysia *Sri Pada or Adam's Peak, a mountain in Sri Lanka Other uses * ''Pada'' (film), a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller *Pada (foot), in Sanskrit grammar, and in Hindu and Buddhist tradition See also *Padam (other) *Padma (other) The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh. Padma may also refer to: Common meanings * Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly referred to in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism * Padma, another name of Lakshmi, the consort of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pada (river)
The Pada River is a river in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. The river is long, and its basin size is . It discharges into the Gulf of Finland. Trout Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the ... and grayling live in the river. References Rivers of Estonia Lääne-Viru County {{Estonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pada, Estonia
Pada is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It has a population of 63 (as of 1 January 2010). The village was first mentioned in the Danish Census Book in 1241. Tallinn–Narva Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, E ... highway ( E20) passes through Pada in the valley of Pada River. References Villages in Lääne-Viru County {{LääneViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padar, Indonesia
Padar (), also known as Pada, is a small island located between the islands of Komodo and Rinca within Komodo archipelago, which is part of the West Manggarai Regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is the third-largest island in Komodo National Park. The Komodo archipelago is famous for Komodo dragons, giant lizards that can reach up to in length. While the neighboring islands of Komodo and Rinca are home to these iconic lizards, Komodo dragons were once considered extinct on Padar. However, in 2004, the Komodo Survival Agency reported sightings of at least 12 individuals, including a hatchling, suggesting a possible resurgence of the dragons on Padar.UNESCO: Advisory Body Evaluation retrieved 2 February 2010 The island’s topography is rugged, with steep volcanic mountains and hills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padas (federal Constituency)
Padas was a federal constituency in Sabah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1986 to 1995. The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. History It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed. Representation history State constituency Election results References * {{reflist Defunct Sabah federal constituencies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padas River
The Padas River () is a river in Interior Division, southwestern Sabah of Malaysia. It has a total length of from its headwaters in the mountains of northwest Sabah to its outlet at the South China Sea, southwest of Beaufort town. It originates from the Long Pasia in Sipitang and goes through the mountains in the interior Beaufort, Keningau and Tenom Districts, which are part of the Crocker Range system. Padas river is from Long Pasia. Features The river is important to provide water supply to Labuan and both districts of Beaufort and Tenom including as the main source of hydroelectric power to entire west coast of Sabah. The river is among the destination for water rafting activities in Sabah aside from Liwagu and Kiulu River. File:RiversOfSabah SungaiPadas-01.jpg, Rocks in the river. File:Sungai-Padas View-In-Padas-Valley.jpg, The river view from Padas Valley. File:Sungai-Padas Bridge-in-Beaufort.jpg, Vehicle bridge passing the river in Beaufort. File:White water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Pada
Adam's Peak is a conical sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka.Capper, Daniel (2022), ''Roaming Free Like a Deer: Buddhism and the Natural World,'' Cornell University Press. It is well known for the ''Sri Pada'' (; ), a rock formation near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself. In Buddhist tradition the print is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Sri Lankan Hindu tradition that of Hanuman or Shiva (its Tamil name, , ''Sivanolipaathamalai'', means 'Mountain of Shiva's Light'), and in some Islamic and Christian traditions that of Adam or St Thomas the Apostle. The mountain is also known as Mount Malaya in Buddhist sources, particularly the Mahayana ''Lankavatara Sutra'', which states that the Buddha preached this ''sutra'' on top of the mountain. According to this ''sutra'', the mountain was the abode of Ravana, overlord of the Rakshasas and ruler of Lanka. Other names in Sanskrit sources include Mount Lanka, Ratnagiri ("Mountain of Gem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pada (film)
''Pada'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political thriller film directed by Kamal K. M. starring Kunchacko Boban, Joju George, Vinayakan, and Dileesh Pothan. The film is based on a true incident that occurred in 1996 when the then Palakkad collector was held hostage. The film was released on 11 March 2022 and opened to widespread critical acclaim. Premise The film is based on a true incident that occurred in 1996 when the then Palakkad collector was held hostage. Pada begins with showing how five men in different places planning for something big to be done by them which might trigger a revolution. The group arrives at their destination, and waits for the collector to come. After a day's wait, they get into collector's chamber and forcibly ties him by chasing others around him out. On the collector's insistence to reveal, they identify themselves as 'Ayyankali Pada', activists working for the welfare of tribals and their current resolve is to keep the collector as a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pada (foot)
''Pāda'' is the Sanskrit term for "foot" (cognate to English ''foot'', Latin ''pes'', Greek ''pous''), with derived meanings "step, stride; footprint, trace; vestige, mark". The term has a wide range of applications, including any one of four parts (as it were one foot of a quadruped), or any sub-division more generally, e.g. a chapter of a book (originally a section of a book divided in four parts). In Sanskrit metre, ''pāda'' is the term for a quarter of a stanza. Thus in the shloka it is any of the eight-syllable sections of the 32-syllable stanza. As a measure of length, a ''pada'' amounts to 12 or 15 fingers' breadth, or 1/2 or 1/3 or 3/7 of a Prakrama. In Sanskrit grammar, a ''pada'' is any inflected word (noun or verb). In Buddhism, ''pāda'' is the term for a Buddha footprint. Gautama Buddha's footprints symbolized his presence, and his image and iconography developed several centuries after he had died. There are also several landmarks venerated as "footprints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padam (other)
Padam may refer to: *Padam, Ladakh, India *Padam people, of India *Padam (musical composition), in Carnatic music of South India *Southern Command (Israel) (''Pikud Darom'' or ''Padam'') See also *Padam Padam (other) *Padma (other) The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh. Padma may also refer to: Common meanings * Padma (attribute), the lotus, a symbolic flower repeatedly referred to in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism * Padma, another name of Lakshmi, the consort of the H ... * Pada (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
