पर्वन्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पर्वन्  n.  n. a knot, joint ( esp. of a cane or other plant [ cf. परुस्], but also of the body), limb, member ( lit. and fig.), [RV.] &c. &c.
   a break, pause, division, section ( esp. of a book), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
   the step of a staircase, [Ragh.]
   a member of a compound, [Prāt.]; [Nir.]
   a period or fixed time, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]
   ( esp.) the चातुर्मास्य festival, [ŚrS.]
   the days of the 4 changes of the moon ( i.e. the full and change of the m° and the 8th and 14th of each half-month), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
   a sacrifice performed on the occasion of a change of the moon, [R.]
   the day of the moon's passing the node at its opposition or conjunction, [Var.]; [Sūryas.]; [MBh.] &c.
   the moment of the sun's entering a new sign, [W.]
   any partic. period of the year (as the equinox, solstice &c.), ib.
   a division of time e.g. a half-month (24 in a year), [MBh.]
   a day (360), [BhP.]
   a festival, holiday, [W.]
   opportunity, occasion, ib.
   a moment, instant, ib.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पर्वन् [parvan]  n. n. [पॄ-वनिप् [Uṇ.4.112.] ] पर्व स्यादुत्सवे ग्रन्थौ प्रस्तावे लक्षणान्तरे' इति विश्वः.
   A knot, joint; मासाश्चार्धमासाश्च पर्वाणि; [Bṛi. Up.1.1.1.] (Sometimes changed to पर्व at the end of Bah. comp.; as in कर्कशाङ्गुलिपर्वया [R.12.41.] ) सोऽहं दुर्मायिनस्तेऽद्य वज्रेण शतपर्वणा, शिरो हरिष्ये [Bhāg.8.11.6;] सतामिवापर्वणि मार्गणानाम् [Ki.17.29.]
   A limb, member, joint of the body, knuckle.
   A portion, part, division; ससर्ज च्छायया विद्यां पञ्चपर्वाणमग्रतः [Bhāg.3.2.18.]
   A book, section (as of the Mahābhārata).
   The step of a staircase; दिने दिने शैवलवन्त्यधस्तात् सोपानपर्वाणि विमुञ्चदम्भः [R.16.46.]
   A period, fixed time.
   Particularly, the days of the four changes of the moon;i. e. the eighth and fourteenth day of each half month and the days of the full and new moon.
   A sacrifice performed on the occasion of a change of the moon; पर्वणि न विचिन्वेत् (तुलसीम्) Tulasī. [Up.]
   The day of new or full moon, the day of opposition or conjunction; अपर्वणि ग्रहकलुषेन्दुमण्डला विभावरी कथय कथं भविष्यति [M.4.15;] [R.7.33;] [Ms.4.15;] [Bh.2.34.]
   An eclipse of the sun or moon; भ्रातः पर्वणि पश्य दानवपतिः शीर्षावशेषी कृतः [Bh.]
   A festival, holiday, an occasion of joy; स्वलंकृतौ बालगजौ पर्वणीव सितेतरौ (कृष्णरामौ) [Bhāg.1.41.41.]
   An opportunity or occasion in general.
   A particular period of the year (as the equinox, solstice).
   The moment of the sun's entering a new sign.
   A moment, instant. -Comp.
-आस्फोटः   cracking the fingers (regarded as indecorus).
-कारः   One wearing different dresses (वेषान्तरधारी); [Mb.13.9.9.]
   कालः a periodic change of the moon.
   the time at which the moon at its conjunction or opposition passes through the node; ˚राशिः time of festivals.
-कारिन्  m. m. a Brāhmaṇa who from motives of gain performs on common days ceremonies which ought to be performed on periodical occasions, such as अमावास्या &c.
-गामिन्  m. m. one who has sexual intercourse with his wife at particular times or occasions when such intercourse is prohibited by the Śāstras.
-दक्षिणा   the teacher's fee for teaching a particular portion of the Veda.
-धिः   the moon.-नाडी time of opposition or conjunction.
   पूर्णता preparations for a festival.
   completion of a festival.
   joining.
-भागः   the wrist; आपर्वभागोत्थितैः [Ś.4.5.]
-भेदः   voilent pain in the joints; [Suśr.]
-मूलम्   the time at which the fourteenth day passes into the fifteenth day of a fortnight.
-योनिः   a cane or reed.
-रुह्  m. m. a pomegranate tree.
-वर्ज a.  a. except the forbidden days of a month.
-विपद्   The moon.
   संधिः the junction of the fifteenth and first of a lunar fortnight, the full and change of the moon, or the exact moment of the full and change of the moon; जुषन्ते पर्वतश्रेष्ठमृषयः पर्वसंधिषु [Mb.3.159.16.]
   a finger-joint.