As a deity name
Name 453 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
त्रिपदी · noun · feminine
हंसपदी · तिपाई · हाथी की पलान बाँधने का रस्सा — Śabdasāgara
त्रिपदी · tri-padī · s.f.
The girth of an elephant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 316
Cited formation "त्रिपदी" is त्रिपद + -ई: त्रिपद means "A tripod", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "त्रिपदी" is त्रिपद + -ई: त्रिपद means "A tripod", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "त्रिपदी" is त्रिपद + -ई: त्रिपद means "A tripod", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an elephant's fetter
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tripadī" is the vocative dual of "tripad" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
tri—padī (dī), f. an elephant's fetter, Ragh. iv, 48; Dharmaśarm. xi, 51
a kind of elephant's gait, Kād.; Vcar. xv
Cissus pedata, L.
N. of a Prākṛt metre
of a composition (in music).
tri—pad m. (pād) f. (pād [Pāṇ. iv f.]; padī, g. kumbhapady-ādi) n. three-footed, RV. x, 117, 8; VS.; ChUp.; Ragh. (Dharma), BhP. (Viṣṇu, Yajña, Jvara)
making 3 steps, ĀśvGṛ.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.
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