pArSva See col. 1.
pArSva a. Near, proximate. — rSvaH — rSvaM [ parSUnAM samUhaH ] 1 The part of the body below the arm-pit, the region of the ribs; Sayane saMnizaRREkapArSvA Me. 89. 2 The side, flank (in general) (of animate or inanimate objects); piWaraM kvaTadatimAtraM nijapArSvAneva dahatitarAM Pt. 1. 324. 3 Vicinity. 4 Ved. A curved knife. — rSvaH An epithet of Jina. — rSvaM 1 A multitude of ribs. 2 A fraudulent expedient, a dishonourable means. 3 The extremity of the fore-axle of a wheel. ( pArSvaM is used adverbially in the sense of ‘near to,’ ‘by the side of,’ ‘towards’; Ś. 7. 8 ; so pArSvAt ‘from the side of, away, from’; pArSve ‘near’, ‘at hand’, ‘at the side’,; na me dUrekiMcitkzaRamapi na pArSve raTajavAt Ś. 1. 9 , Bh. 3. 37 ). Comp. — anucaraH an attendant, a servant; R. 2. 9. — asTi n. a rib. — AyAta a. one who has come very near. — Asanna a. standing by the side. — udarapriyaH a crab. — ga, -gama, -cara, -sTita a. being close to, standing by the side of. ( pb ) — gaH an attendant, a servant; R. 11. 43. — gata a. 1 being at the side, being near or close to, attending upon. 2 sheltered. — caraH a servant, an attendant; R. 9. 72 ; 14. 29. — daH an attendant, a servant. — deSaH the side (of the human body). — nATaH the Jaina pontiff. — parivartanaM 1 turning round from one side to the other in a bed. 2 N. of a festival on the eleventh day of the first half of Bhādrapada (when Viṣṇu is supposed to turn upon the other side in his sleep). — BAgaH the side or flank. — vakraH an epithet of Mahādeva. — vartin a. 1 being by the side, attending, waiting upon. 2 adjacent. ( — m. ) 1 an attendant; R. 2. 46. 2 a companion, associate; Ku. 4. 29. — Saya a. 1 sleeping on the side. 2 sleeping by the side. — SUlaH -laM 1 a shooting pain in the side. 2 pleurisy. — sUtrakaH a kind of ornament. — sTa a. being at the side, near, close, proximate. — (sTaH) 1 a companion. 2 an assistant of a stage-manager; cf. pAripArSvaka .