पर्णम् [parṇam] 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.] -र्णः The Palāśa tree. -Comp.
-अशनम् feeding on leaves. (-नः) a cloud.
-असिः a kind of basil.-आहार a. feeding upon leaves; cf.
[Rām.3.6.2.] -उटजम् a hut of leaves, a hermit's hut, a hermitage.-कारः a vendor of betel-leaves.
-कुटिका, -कुटी a hut made of leaves.
-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.
-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.
-खण्डः a tree without apparent blossoms. (-डम्) a collection of leaves.-चरः a kind of deer.
-चीरपटः an epithet of Śiva.-चोरकः a kind of perfume (gall-nut).
-नरः) the figure of a man made of leaves and burnt in place of a lost corpse.
-नालः a leaf-stalk.
-भेदिनी the Priyaṅgu creeper.
-भोजनः a goat.
-मुच् m. m. the winter season (शिशिर).
-मृगः any wild animal living in the boughs of trees (as a monkey, squirrel, &c.).
-रुह् m. m. the spring season (वसन्त).
-लता the betel-plant.
-वाटिका pieces of areca-nut mixed with other spices and rolled up in betel-leaves.
-शय्या a bed or couch of leaves.
-शाला a hut made of leaves, a hermitage; निर्दिष्टां कुलपतिना स पर्णशालामध्यास्य
[R.1.95;12.4;] -संस्तरः one with a bed of leaves; वनेषु वासतेयेषु निवसन् पर्णसंस्तरः
[Bk.4.8.]