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Pada

पद

pada

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Definition

A short devotional song-verse of the bhakti poets — a refrain followed by stanzas, sealed with the poet's signature name in the final line. The padas of Surdas, Mirabai, and Narsinh Mehta gave the bhajan its classic shape.

Pronunciation

PUH-dah

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