पर्णम्parṇam1 A pinion, wing; as in सुपर्ण.
- 1 A pinion, wing; as in सुपर्ण.
- The feather of an arrow.
- A leaf.
- The betel-leaf; ततो नृपतिनिदेशात् ते पर्णान्यादाय सैनिकाः (जग्मुः) Parṇāl.5.25.
Derived forms and compounds
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-र्णः The Palāśa tree.
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-अशनम् feeding on leaves. (-नः) a cloud.
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-असिः a kind of basil.
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-आहार Adjective feeding upon leaves; Compare Rām.3.6.2.
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-उटजम् a hut of leaves, a hermit's hut, a hermitage.
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-कारः a vendor of betel-leaves.
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-कुटिका, -कुटी a hut made of leaves.
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-कूर्चः A kind of religious vow in which one has to drink a decoction of leaves; एतान्येव समस्तानि त्रिरात्रोपोषितः शुचिः । क्वाथयित्वा पिवेदद्भिः पर्णकूर्चोऽभि- धीयते ॥ Yama Smṛiti.
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-कृच्छ्र a kind of expiatory penance which consists in living upon an infusion of leaves and Kuśa grass only for five days; see पर्णोदुम्बर- राजीवबिल्वपत्रकुशोदकैः । प्रत्येकं प्रत्यहं पीतैः पर्णकृच्छ्र उदाहृतः ॥ Y.3.317 and Mitā. thereon.
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-खण्डः a tree without apparent blossoms. (-डम्) a collection of leaves.
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-चरः a kind of deer.
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-चीरपटः an epithet of Śiva.
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-चोरकः a kind of perfume (gall-nut).
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-नरः ) the figure of a man made of leaves and burnt in place of a lost corpse.
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-नालः a leaf-stalk.
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-भेदिनी the Priyaṅgu creeper.
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-भोजनः a goat.
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-मुच् Masculine the winter season (शिशिर).
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-मृगः any wild animal living in the boughs of trees (as a monkey, squirrel, etc.).
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-रुह् Masculine the spring season (वसन्त).
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-लता the betel-plant.
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-वाटिका pieces of areca-nut mixed with other spices and rolled up in betel-leaves.
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-शय्या a bed or couch of leaves.
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-शाला a hut made of leaves, a hermitage; निर्दिष्टां कुलपतिना स पर्णशालामध्यास्य R.1.95;12.4;
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-संस्तरः one with a bed of leaves; वनेषु वासतेयेषु निवसन् पर्णसंस्तरः Bk.4.8.
