pfzWaM [ pfz spfS-vA Tak ni° ; Uṇ. 2. 12 ] 1 The back, hinder part, rear. 2 The back of an animal; aSvapfzWamArUQaH &c. 3 The surface or upper side; R. 4. 31 , 12. 67 ; Ku. 7. 51 ; so avanipfzWacAriRIM U. 3. 4 The back or the other side (of a letter, document &c.); Y. 2. 93. 5 The flat roof of a house. 6 The page of a book. ( pfzWena, pfzWe ‘behind, from behind’). Comp. — anuga, -gAmin , yAyin a. going behind, following; Pt. 1. 59. — asTi n. the back-bone. — udaya a. an epithet of particular signs of the zodiac, i. e. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Sagittarius and Capricorn. — gopaH, -rakzaH a soldier who protects the rear of a warrior while he is fighting. — grAMTi a. hump-backed. — cakzus m. a crab. — talpanaM the exterior muscles on the back of an elephant. — dfzwiH 1 a crab. 2 a bear. — pAtin a. following. — PalaM the superficial contents of a figure. — BAgaH the back. — mAMsaM 1 flesh on the back; prAk pAdayoH patati KAdati pfzWamAMsaM H. 1. 81. 2 a fleshy protuberance on the back. °ada, °adan a. back-biter, slanderer, calumniator. — (daM -danaM) back-biting; pfzWamAMsAdanaM tadyat parokze dozakIrtanaM Hemacandra ; see pfzWamAMsa above. — yAnaM riding. — vaMSaH the back-bone. — vAstu n. the upper story of a house. — vAh m. , — vAhyaH a draught-ox. — Saya a. sleeping on the back. — SfMgaH a wild goat. — SfMgin m. 1 a ram. 2 a buffalo. 3 a eunuch. 4 an epithet of Bhīma.