pari-ṇī (√ nī) P. Ā. -ṇayati, °te (pf. Ā. -ṇinye, [Daś.]; -ṇayām āsa, [MBh.]; 3. pl. aor. -aneṣata, [RV.]; ind.p. -ṇīya, [Kum.]), to lead or bear or carry about or round, [RV.] &c. &c., (esp.) to lead a bride and bridegroom round the sacrificial fire (with 2 acc.) to marry (said of a bridegroom), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to lead forward to, put or place anywhere (agram, at the head), [Br.]; to carry away, [RV.]; to trace out, discover, investigate, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; (with anyathā) to explain otherwise, [Śaṃk.] : Caus. -ṇāyayati, to pass or spend (time), [MBh.]; (also ṇāpayati), to cause a man to marry a woman (acc.), [Pañcad.]