cl. 10. P. ([Dhātup. xxxii, 69]) pālayati (°te; also regarded as Caus. of √ 2. pā [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 37], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]], but rather Nom. of pāla below; p. P. pālayat Ā. °layāna; pf. °layām āsa; aor. apīpalat), to watch, guard, protect, defend, rule, govern; to keep, maintain, observe (a promise or vow), [AV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
pāṇí m. (said to be fr. √ paṇ) the hand, [RV.] &c. &c. (often ifc. = holding in the hand, e.g. asi-p°, holding a sword in the hand, sword in hand; pāṇiṃ-√ grah or °ṇau-√ kṛ, to take the hand of a bride, marry; °niṃ√ dā, to give the hand in marriage)
a hoof, [RV. ii, 31, 2]
N. of Sch. on the Daśa-rūpaka, [Cat.]
[Orig. palni; cf. Gk. παλάμη; Lat. palma; Angl.Sax. folm; Germ. fühlen; Eng. to feel.]
(ifc. it expresses either contempt, e.g. chattra-p°, ‘a shabby umbrella’, or admiration, e.g. karṇa-p°, ‘a beautiful ear’; after a word signifying, ‘hair’ abundance, quantity, e.g. keśa-p°, ‘a mass of hair’)
m. (ifc. f(A). , rarely f(I). ) the foot (of men and animals), [RV.] &c. &c. (the pl. sometimes added to proper names or titles in token of respect, e.g. deva-pādāḥ, ‘the king's majesty’, [Pañc.] ; nārāyaṇap°, ‘the venerable N°’, [Sāh.]; pādaiḥ ind. on foot [said of several persons], [R.]; °dayoḥ and °de-√ pat, to fall at a person's [gen.] feet, [Kāv.]; [Hit.])
the foot or leg of an inanimate object, column, pillar, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
a wheel, [Śiś. xii, 21]
a foot as a measure (= 12 Aṅgulas), [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]; [MārkP.]
the foot or root of a tree, [Var.]
the foot or a hill at the foot of a mountain, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the bottom (dṛteh pādāt, ‘from the bottom of a bag’ v.l. pātrāt), [MBh. v, 1047]
a ray or beam of light (considered as the foot of a heavenly body), [ib.]
a quarter, a fourth part (the foot of a quadruped being one out of 4), [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (pl. the 4 parts i.e. all things required for [gen.] [Suśr.])
the quadrant (of a circle), [Āryabh.], Sch.
a verse or line (as the fourth part of a regular stanza), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [Prāt.] &c.
the caesura of a verse, [AgP.], the chapter of a book (orig. only of a book or section of a book consisting of 4 parts, as the Adhyāyas of Pāṇini's grammar).
pā°li m. (prob.) a protector, ruler (cf. go-pāli and prajā-p°).
f. (in most meanings and ifc. f (also I). [cf. under pāla]; according to [Uṇ. iv, 529], Sch. fr. √ pal) the tip or lobe of the ear, the outer ear, [Suśr.] (cf. karṇa- and śravaṇa-p°)
a boundary, limit, margin, edge, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a row, line, range, [Ratnāv.]; [Śiś.]; [Gīt.]
a dam, dike, bridge, [Rājat.]
a pot, boiler, [HPariś.]
a partic. measure of capacity (= prastha), [L.]
prescribed food, maintenance of a scholar during the period of his studies by his teacher, [L.]
the lap, bosom, [L.]
a circumference, [L.]
a mark, spot, [L.]
a louse, [L.]
a woman with a beard, [L.] = praśaṃsā, [L.] (°lī ifc. to denote praise, [Gaṇ.])
pārá mfn. (fr. √ pṛ; in some meanings also fr. √ pṝ) bringing across, [RV. v, 31, 8]
pārá n. (rarely m.) the further bank or shore or boundary, any bank or shore, the opposite side, the end or limit of anything, the utmost reach or fullest extent, [RV.] &c. &c. (dūré pāré, at the farthest ends, [RV.]; pāraṃ-√ gam &c. with gen. or loc., to reach the end, go through, fulfil, carry out [as a promise], study or learn thoroughly [as a science] [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; pāraṃ-√ nī, to bring to a close, [Yājñ.])
a kind of Tuṣṭi (s.v.), Sāṃkhyas. Sch.
pārá m. crossing (see duṣ- and su-)
quicksilver, [L.]
a partic. personification, [SāmavBr.]; [Gaut.]
N. of a sage, [MārkP.]
of a son of Pṛthu-ṣeṇa (Rucirāśva) and father of Nīpa, [Hariv.]
of a son of Samara and father of Pṛthu, [ib.]
of a son of Aṅga, and father of Divi-ratha, [VP.]
(pl.) of a class of deities under the 9th Manu, [BhP.]
(for 1. See p. 619), Vṛddhi form of para in comp.
m. = pāla, a guardian, keeper (see brahma-dvāra-p°).
mfn. (for 2. See p. 616, col. 3) watched, protected, preserved, [L.]
m. (for 1. See under √ 3. pā) flying, mode of flying, flight, [MBh.]
throwing one's self or falling into (loc.) or from (abl.), fall, downfall (also ifc. after what would be a gen. or abl. &c. e.g., gṛha-, fall of a house; parvata-, fall from a mountain; bhū-, fall on the earth), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
alighting, descending or causing to descend, casting or throwing upon, cast, fall (of a thunderbolt), throw, shot, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcat.]
a stroke (of a sword &c.), [Kathās.]
application (of ointment, of a knife &c.), [Kāvyād.]
casting or directing (a look or glance of the eyes), [Ragh.]
decay of the body (deha-pāta), death, [Kathās.]; [Bādar.]
(with garbhasya) fall of the fetus, miscarriage, [Suśr.]
N. of a son of Vyāsa by the wife of Vicitra-vīrya and brother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Vidura (he was father of the five Pāṇḍavas), [AV.Pariś.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
of a son of Janam-ejaya and brother of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, [MBh. i, 3745]
of a son of Dhātri by Āyatī, [VP.] (v.l. prāṇa)
of an attendant of Śiva, [L.]
of a Nāgarāja, [L.]
pl. of a people in Madhya-deśa, [VarBṛS.] (v.l. pāṇḍya and °ḍva)