pArizadya
pāriṣadya , m. (also pārṣadya ; = Pali pārisajja; pāri° Skt. Lex. and once Rājat. , for regular pāriṣada; also Skt. Lex. pārṣadya for regular pārṣada; see also par(i)ṣadya , and s.v. brahmapār(i)ṣadya ), member of an assembly or group ; pl. retinue ; esp. , and almost always, said of members of the retinue of a king (or god, or Māra, or the like), and often associated or cpd. esp. with amātya (so e.g. LV 26.10 ; Mv iii.160.19 , and many others in the foll. ), or with this and other royal retainers such as dauvārika ( e.g. LV 118.11 ); usually pl. : LV 26.10 (prose); 43.15 ; 50.9 ; 78.17 ; 118.11 (prose); 219.19 ; Mv ii.443.2 (prose, v.l. pari°), 12, 17, 18; iii.160.19 ; Divy 291.27 ; Suv 227.11 , read °dyāḥ (all mss. contain y, and meter is better so) for Nobel °dāḥ. See also pārṣada which is used absolutely, like Skt. gaṇa.