पर्पट

{ parpaṭḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पर्पट  m.  m. a species of medicinal plant, [Suśr.] ( Hedyotis Burmanniana or Mollugo Pentaphylla, [L.])
a kind of thin cake made of rice or pease-meal and baked in grease, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पर्पटः [parpaṭḥ]   1 A kind of medicinal plant.
A thin crisp cake made of flour (Mar. पाप़ड); Gaṇeśa P.; stuffed with seasamum; तिलतिलकितपर्पटाभमिन्दुं वितर [N.16.149.]
टी A kind of fragrant earth.
A kind of perfume.-Comp.
-ओदनः   rice mixed with पर्पट (Mar. वडाभात); पर्पटौदनपूजायां जलहोमेन सिद्धिदा D. Purāṇa. Chap.5.
-द्रुमः   a kind of tree. (कुम्भीवृक्ष).

Shabda-Sagara

पर्पट  m.  ( -टः) A medicinal plant with bitter leaves, (apparently the Oldenlandia biflora, though the Hindi name Pāpar is also applied to the Gardenia latifolia, Rox.)
 f.  ( -टी)
1. A thin crisp cake made of any pulse.
2. A red aluminous earth, apparently a sort of Bol, brought from Surāt or Saurāshtra.
E. पर्प् to go, and अटन् Unādi aff. “क्षेतपापडा” .

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पर्प् अटन् “क्षेतपापडा” .