पर्णनर

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पर्ण—नर  m.  m. ‘man of l°’, an effigy stuffed with l° or made of l° and burnt as a substitute for a lost corpse, [Cat.]

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पर्ण नर

Shabda-Sagara

पर्णनर  m.  ( -रः) A man of leaves, an effigy stuffed with leaves, made to represent a person deceased, whose body cannot be found, and for whom obsequial rites are performed with this representative.
E. पर्ण, and नर a man.

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पर्ण नर