| pārāyaṇī | पारायणी | f. ([L.]) action |
| meditation |
| light |
| N. of the goddess Sarasvatī |
| pārāyaṇa | पारायण | n. going over, reading through, perusing, studying, [RPrāt.]; [Āpast.] |
| (esp.) reading a Purāṇa or causing it to be read, [W.] |
| the whole, totality, [MBh. xiii, 2701]; [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 130], Sch. |
| (esp.) complete text, complete collection of (cf. dhātu-p°, nāma-p°) |
| N. of a gram. wk. (abridged fr. dhātu-p°) |
| pārāyaṇīya | पारायणीय | pārāya°ṇīya n. N. of a grammar. |
| pārāyaṇika | पारायणिक | pārāya°ṇika mfn. one who goes through or studies, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 72] |
| pārāya°ṇika m. a lecturer, reader of the Purāṇas, [W.] |
| a pupil, scholar, [W.] |
| pl. N. of a partic. school of grammarians, [Cat.] |
| pārāyaṇavidhi | पारायणविधि | pārāya°ṇa-vidhi m. N. of wk. |
| pārāyaṇakrama | पारायणक्रम | pārāya°ṇa-krama m. N. of wk. |
| pārāyaṇamāhātmya | पारायणमाहात्म्य | pārāya°ṇa-māhātmya n. N. of wk. |