pakzaH [ pakz-ac ] 1 A wing, pinion; adyApi pakzAvapi nodBidyete K. 347 ; so udBinnapakzaH fledged; pakzacCedodyataM SakraM R. 4. 40 , 3. 42. 2 The feather or ( pb ) feathers on each side of an arrow. 3 The flank or side of a man or animal, the shoulder; staMberamA uBayapakzavinItanidrAH R. 5. 72. 4 The side of anything, a flank. 5 The wing or flank of an army. 6 The half of anything. 7 The half of a lunar month, a fortnight (comprising 15 days); (there are two such pakṣas , SuklapakzaH the bright or light half, and kfzRatamisra-pakzaH the dark half); tamisrapakze'pi sahapriyABirjyotsnAvatonirviSati pradozAn R. 6. 34 ; Ms. 1. 66 ; Y. 3. 50 ; sImA vfdDiM samAyati Suklapakza ivoqurAw Pt. 1. 92. 8 ( a ) A party in general, faction, side; pramuditavarapakzaM R. 6. 86 ; Śi. 2. 117 ; Bg. 14. 25 ; R. 6. 53 ; 18. 17. ( b ) A family, race; Pt. 4. 29. 9 One belonging to any party, a follower, partisan; Satrupakzo BavAn H. 1. 10 A class, multitude, host, any number of adherents; as ari° , mitra° . 11 One side of an argument an alternative, one of two cases; pakze ‘in the other case, on the other hand’, pUrva evABavatpakzastasminnABavaduttaraH R. 4. 10 , 14. 34 ; cf. pUvapakza and uttarapakza . 12 A case or supposition in general; as in pakzAMtare . 13 A point under discussion, a thesis, an argument to be maintained. 14 The subject of a syllogism or conclusion (the minor term); saMdigDasADyavAn pakzaH T. S. , daDataH SudDiBfto gfhItapakzaH Śi. 20. 11 (where it means ‘a feather’ also) 15 A symbolical expression for the number ‘two’. 16 A bird. 17 A state, condition. 18 The body. 19 A limb of the body. 20 A royal elephant. 21 An army. 22 A wall. 23 Opposition. 24 Rejoinder, reply. 25 A mass, quantity (when in composition with words meaning ‘hair’); keSapakzaH ; cf. hasta . 26 Place, position. 27 A view, notion, idea. 28 The side of an equation in a primary division. 29 The ash-pit of a fireplace. 30 Proximity, neighbourhood. 31 A bracket. 32 Purity, perfection. 33 A house. Comp. — aMtaH 1 the 15th day of either half month, i. e. the day of new or full moon. 2 the end of the wings of an army. — aMtara 1 another side. 2 a different side or view of an argument. 3 another supposition. — avasaraH = pakzAMta q. v. ( pb ) — AGAtaH 1 palsy or paralysis of one side, hemiplegia. 2 refutation of an argument. — ABAsaH 1 a fallacious argument. 2 a false plaint. — AhAraH eating food only once in a fortnight. — udgrAhin a. showing partiality, adopting a side. — gama a. flying. — grahaRaM choosing a party. — GAtaH = pakzAGAtaH see above. — caraH 1 an elephant strayed from the herd. 2 the moon. 3 an attendant. — Cid m. an epithet of Indra (clipper of the wings of mountains); Ku. 1. 20. — jaH the moon. — dvayaM 1 both sides of an argument. 2 ‘a couple of fortnights’, i. e. a month. — dvAraM a side-door, private entrance. — Dara a. 1 winged. 2 adhering to the party of one, siding with any one. — (raH) 1 a bird. 2 the moon. 3 a partisan. 4 an elephant strayed from the herd. — nAqI a quill. — pAtaH 1 siding with any one. 2 liking, desire, love, affection (for a thing), BavaMti Bavyezu hi pakzapAtAH Ki. 3. 12 , Ve. 3. 10 ; U. 5. 17 ; ripupakze badDaH pakzapAtaH Mu. 1. 3 attachment to a party, partisanship, partiality; pakzapAtamatra devI manyate M. 1 ; satyaM janA vacmi na pakzapAtAt Bh. 1. 47. 4 falling of wings, the moulting of birds. 5 a partisan. — pAtitA -tvaM 1 partisanship, adherence to a side or party. 2 friendship, fellowship. 3 movement of the wings; N. 2. 52. — pAtin a. or s . 1 siding with, adhering to, a party, attached or partial (to a particular cause); pakzapAtino devA api pAMqavAnAM Ve. 3. 2 sympathizing; Ve. 3. 3 a follower, partisan, friend; yaH surapakzapAtI V. 1. — pAliH a private door. — puwaH a wing. — pozaRa a. factious, promoting quarrels. — biMduH a heron. — BAgaH 1 the side or flank. 2 especially, the flank of an elephant. — Bukti f. the course traversed by the sun in a fortnight. — mUlaM the root of a wing. — vAdaH 1 an ex parte statement. 2 stating a case, expression of opinion. — vAhanaH a bird. — vyApin a. 1 embracing the whole of an argument. 2 pervading the minor term. — hata a. paralysed on one side. — haraH a bird. — homaH 1 a sacrificial rite lasting for a fortnight. 2 a rite to be ( pb ) performed every fortnight.