Parsing "hatthapādāna"

[BKh]

I'm asking this for a friend. No, really, it's for a friend.

They want to know if hatthapādāna in this verse:

“Jātassa maraṇaṃ hoti,
hatthapādāna chedanaṃ;
Vadhabandhapariklesaṃ,
jāto dukkhaṃ nigacchati.

could be split up as hattha-pād-āna and possibly end up with "hand, foot, and breath"

Norman translates this verse as

191. For anyone who is born there is death, the cutting-off of hands and feet, slaughter, bonds, and calamity. Anyone who is born goes to pain.

None of the other translations split it the way that they are hoping to.

[Assaji]

Hi BKh,

I'm asking this for a friend. No, really, it's for a friend.

They want to know if hatthapādāna in this verse:

“Jātassa maraṇaṃ hoti,
hatthapādāna chedanaṃ;
Vadhabandhapariklesaṃ,
jāto dukkhaṃ nigacchati.

could be split up as hattha-pād-āna and possibly end up with "hand, foot, and breath"

Tell him to cut off the proliferation. There's no "breath" here. If it were, it would require an appropriate ending.

[ssasny]

Hi,
'hatthapādāna' is a shortened version of hatthapādānaṃ, for metrical purposes.
-ānaṃ is a genitive plural suffix. "Of hands and feet".

[DooDoot]

'hatthapādāna' is a shortened version of hatthapādānaṃ, for metrical purposes.
-ānaṃ is a genitive plural suffix. "Of hands and feet".

Thank you. Excellent. Are you able to assist here? Thank you