n. (rarely f(I). ; possibly corrupted fr. pi-sad, to sit upon) a stool, seat, chair, bench, [GṛS.]; [MBh.] &c.
a religious student's seat (made properly of Kuśa grass), [W.]
case, pedestal (esp. of an idol), [Rājat.]; [Var.], Sch.
royal seat, throne, [RāmatUp.]
place, office (cf. pīṭhādhikāra)
N. of various temples (erected on the 51 spots where the limbs of Pārvatī fell after she had been cut to pieces by the discus of Viṣṇu), [L.]
a district, province, [Pañc.]
a partic. posture in sitting, [Cat.]
(in geom.) the complement of a segment, [Col.]
m. a kind of fish, [L.]
the sun, [Gal.]
N. of an Asura, [MBh.]
of a minister of Kaṃsa, [Hariv.]