pārṣṇi पार्ष्णि pā́rṣṇi f. ([L.] also m.; rarely f(pArzRI). ; fr. √ pṛṣ ? cf. [Uṇ. iv, 52], Sch.) the heel, [RV.] &c. &c. the extremity of the fore-axle to which the outside horses of a four-horse chariot are attached (the two inner horses being harnessed to the dhur, or chariot-pole), [MBh.] the rear of an army (°ṇim √ grah with gen., to attack in the rear), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] the back, [W.] a kick, [ib.] enquiry, asking, [ib.] a foolish or licentious woman, [L.] N. of a plant (= kuntī or kumbhī), [L.] pārṣṇiga पार्ष्णिग pārṣṇi—ga mfn. following a person's heels or the rear of an army, [L.] pārṣṇitra पार्ष्णित्र pārṣṇi—tra n. a rear-guard reserve, [L.] pārṣṇivāh पार्ष्णिवाह् pārṣṇi—vāh or pārṣṇi—vah or pārṣṇi—vāha, m. ‘drawing (i.e. harnessed to) the extremities of the axle-tree’; an outside horse, [MBh.] pārṣṇivah पार्ष्णिवह् pārṣṇi—vāh or pārṣṇi—vah or pārṣṇi—vāha, m. ‘drawing (i.e. harnessed to) the extremities of the axle-tree’; an outside horse, [MBh.] pārṣṇighāta पार्ष्णिघात pārṣṇi—ghāta m. a kick with the heels, [Kathās.] pārṣṇivāha पार्ष्णिवाह pārṣṇi—vāh or pārṣṇi—vah or pārṣṇi—vāha, m. ‘drawing (i.e. harnessed to) the extremities of the axle-tree’; an outside horse, [MBh.] pārṣṇigrāha पार्ष्णिग्राह pārṣṇi—grāha mfn. attacking in the rear ‘heel-catcher’, an enemy in the rear or a commander in the rear of an army (applied also to hostile planets), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. pārṣṇigraha पार्ष्णिग्रह pārṣṇi—graha mfn. seizing or threatening from behind, [BhP.] pārṣṇi—graha m. a follower, either an ally who supports or an enemy who attacks the rear of a king, [MW.] pārṣṇiyantṛ पार्ष्णियन्तृ pārṣṇi—yantṛ m. a charioteer who drives side-horse, [MBh.] pārṣṇikṣeman पार्ष्णिक्षेमन् pārṣṇi—kṣeman m. N. of a divinity, [MBh.] pārṣṇisārathi पार्ष्णिसारथि pārṣṇi—sārathi m. du. the two charioteers who drive the outside horses (cf. prec.), [MBh.] pārṣṇigrahaṇa पार्ष्णिग्रहण pārṣṇi—grahaṇa n. attacking or threatening an enemy in the rear, [MBh.] pārṣṇiprahāra पार्ष्णिप्रहार pārṣṇi—prahāra m. = -ghāta, [Kathās.]