It is a term used in mockery & is found in the Puranas. Ekapadakas is a nickname or term of ridicule, found in the geographical accounts of the Puranas. It means one-footed or rather, one-slippered. It is probably an exaggeration of national ugliness or suggestion to some peculiar custom, in the people to whom the term is applied.
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