párvan n. a knot, joint (esp. of a cane or other plant [cf. parus], but also of the body), limb, member (lit. and fig.), [RV.] &c. &c.
a break, pause, division, section (esp. of a book), [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
the step of a staircase, [Ragh.]
a member of a compound, [Prāt.]; [Nir.]
a period or fixed time, [RV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]
(esp.) the Cāturmāsya festival, [ŚrS.]
the days of the 4 changes of the moon (i.e. the full and change of the moon and the 8th and 14th of each half-month), [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a sacrifice performed on the occasion of a change of the moon, [R.]
the day of the moon's passing the node at its opposition or conjunction, [Var.]; [Sūryas.]; [MBh.] &c.
the moment of the sun's entering a new sign, [W.]
any partic. period of the year (as the equinox, solstice &c.), [ib.]
a division of time, e.g. a half-month (24 in a year), [MBh.]
a day (360), [BhP.]
a festival, holiday, [W.]
opportunity, occasion, [ib.]
a moment, instant, [ib.]