pARisvara
pāṇisvara ( m. ? in Mv ii.52.15 seemingly nt. ; = Pali pāṇissara), prob. recitation or singing to the accompaniment of clapping of the hands , a form of entertainment; PTSD , a certain kind of musical instrument , but there seems to be no evidence for this; on the contrary, pāṇissare ( acc. pl. ; need not be personal, as PTSD assumes) in Jāt. vi.276.28 is expl. in comm. 277.1 by … ti pāṇippahārena gāyante; doubtless persons performing the same activity, to (especially) waken in the morning and entertain a high personage, are meant by paṭhanti pāṇisvanikāḥ Mbh. 7.2912 ( Nīl. hastena tālasvanaṃ kurvante, prob. palm-clapping , not cymbal-sound ; so pw s.v. tālasvana), also 12.1899 (no comm. in Nīl. ): pāṇisvaraṃ kumbhatūṇaṃ (see this) mṛdaṅgānāṃ svarāṇi ca … pratibodhenti Mv ii.52.15 (= Jāt. v.390.25 ); pāṇisvarākhyāna- iii.122.17 .