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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पृष्ठम्pṛṣṭhamThe back, hinder part, rear; धर्मः स्तनोऽधर्मपथोऽस्य पृष्ठः Bhāg.2.1. 32.

    [पृष् स्पृश्-वा थक् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; Uṇ.2.12]

    1. The back, hinder part, rear; धर्मः स्तनोऽधर्मपथोऽस्य पृष्ठः Bhāg.2.1. 32.
    2. The back of an animal; अश्वपृष्ठमारूढः etc.
    3. The surface or upper side; मरुपृष्ठान्युदम्भांसि (चकार) R.4.31;12.67; आसन्नभूपृष्ठमियाय देवः Ku.7.51; so अवनिपृष्ठचारिणीम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.
    4. The back or the other side (of a letter, document etc.); लेख्यस्य पृष्ठेऽभिलिखेद्दत्त्वा दत्त्वर्णिको धनम् Y.2.93.
    5. The flat roof of a house.
    6. The page of a book. (पृष्ठेन, पृष्ठे 'behind, from behind').
    7. Remainder (शेष); 'पृष्ठं चरममात्रे स्यात्' इति विश्वः; एष भारतयुद्धस्य पृष्ठं संशयमिष्यति Mb.5.167.11.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अनुग, -गामिन्, -यायिन् Adjective going behind, following; युद्धकालेऽग्रगो यः स्यात् सदा पृष्ठानुगः पुरे Pt.1.59.

    • -अष्ठीलः, -लम् the back of a tortoise; B. R.

    • -अस्थि Neuter the back-bone.

    • -आक्षेपः acute and violent pain in the back.

    • -उदय Adjective an epithet of particular signs of the zodiac, id est, that is Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Sagittarius and Capricorn.

    • -ग Adjective mounted, riding on.

    • -गामिन् Adjective faithful.

    • -गोपः, -रक्षः a soldier who protects the rear of a warrior while he is fighting; पृष्ठगोपांश्च तस्याथ हत्वा परमसायकैः Mb.4.33.39.

    • -ग्रन्थि Adjective hump-backed.

    • -चक्षुस् Masculine a crab.

    • -तल्पनम् the exterior muscles on the back of an elephant.

    • -तापः noon, midday.

    • -दृष्टिः

      1. a crab.
      2. a bear.

    • -पातिन्

      1. Adjective
      2. following.
      3. watching, observing.
      4. controlling.

    • -पीठी a broad back.

    • -फलम् the superficial contents of a figure.

    • -भङ्गः Name of a mode of fighting; Mb.

    • -भागः the back.

    • -भूमि the upper story of a house.

    • -मांसम्

      1. flesh on the back; प्राक् पादयोः पतति खादति पृष्ठमांसम् H.1.81.
      2. a fleshy protuberance on the back.
      3. the remaining flesh (चरममांस); यजुषा संस्कृतं मांसं निवृत्तो मांसभक्षणात् । न भक्षयेत् वृथा मांसं पृष्ठमांसं च वर्जयेत् ॥ Mb.12.193.14. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअद, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअदन a back-biter, slanderer, calumniator. (-दम्, -दनम्) back-biting; पृष्ठमांसादनं तद्यत् परोक्षे दोषकीर्तनम् Hem.; see पृष्ठमांस above.

    • -यानम् riding.

    • -लग्न Adjective following.

    • -वंशः the back-bone.

    • -वास्तु Neuter the upper story of a house; पृष्ठवास्तुनि कुर्वीत बलिं सर्वात्मभूतये Ms.3.91.

    • -वाह् Masculine, -वाह्यः a draught-ox.

    • -शय Adjective sleeping on the back.

    • -शृङ्गः a wild goat.

    • -शृङ्गिन्

      1. Masculine
      2. a ram.
      3. a buffalo.
      4. a eunuch.
      5. an epithet of Bhīma.
    Source: ApteApte entry