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paridhiपरिधिpari-dhí m. an enclosure, fence, wall, protection, (esp.) the 3 fresh sticks (called madhyama, dakṣiṇa, uttara) laid round a sacrificial fire to keep it together, [RV.] &c. &c.
a cover, garment, [BhP.]
(fig.) the ocean surrounding the earth, [ib.]
a halo round the sun or moon, [Ragh.]; [Var.]; [BhP.]
the horizon, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
any circumference or circle, [Var.]; [Sūryas.]
epicycle, [ib.]
the branch of the tree to which the sacrificial victim is tied (?), [W.]
N. of a man g. śubhrādi
pl. (ṣaḍ aindrāh) N. of Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]
paridhinपरिधिन्pari-dhin m. N. of Śiva, [MBh.] ([Nīlak.])
paridhisthaपरिधिस्थpari-dhi—stha mfn. being on the horizon (as the sun), [MBh.]
pari-dhi—stha m. a guard posted in a circle, [L.]
paridhisaṃdhiपरिधिसंधिpari-dhi—saṃdhi m. (prob.) the putting together of the 3 fire-sticks (cf. above), [MānŚr.]