परि-णी (
√ नी)
P. Ā. -णयति,
°ते (
pf. Ā. -णिन्ये,
[Daś.] ;
-णयाम् आस,
[MBh.] ; 3.
pl. aor. -अनेषत,
[RV.] ;
ind.p. -णीय,
[Kum.] ),
to lead or bear or carry about or round,
[RV.] &c. &c., (
esp. ) to lead a bride and bridegroom round the sacrificial fire (with 2
acc. )
to marry (said of a bridegroom),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.;
to lead forward to, put or place anywhere (
अग्रम्, at the head),
[Bṛ.] ;
to carry away,
[RV.] ;
to trace out, discover, investigate,
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] ;
(with
अन्यथा) to explain otherwise,
[Śaṃk.] :
Caus. -णाययति, to pass or spend (time),
[MBh.] ;
(also
णापयति), to cause a man to marry a woman (
acc. ),
[Pañcad.]