पार्श्व [pārśva] a. a. Near, proximate.
-र्श्वः, -र्श्वम् [पर्शूनां समूहः]
The part of the body below the arm-pit, the region of the ribs; वामं पार्श्वं विनिर्भिद्य सुतः सूर्य इव स्थितः
[Mb.3.] 126.27; शयने सन्निषण्णैकपार्श्वाम्
[Me.91.] The side, flank (in general) (of animate or inanimate objects), पिठरं क्वथदतिमात्रं निजपार्श्वानेव दहतितराम्
[Pt.1.324.] Vicinity.
Ved. A curved knife.
-र्श्वः An epithet of the twentythird Tīrthaṅkar of the Jainas.
र्श्वम् A multitude of ribs.
A fraudulent expedient, a dishonourable means.
The extremity of the fore-axle of a wheel. (पार्श्वम् is used adverbially in the sense of 'near to', 'by the side of', 'towards'; केनाप्युत्क्षिपतेव पश्य भुवनं मत्पार्श्वमानीयते
[Ś.7.8;] so पार्श्वात् 'from the side of, away, from'; पार्श्वे 'near', 'at hand', 'at the side'; नमे दूरे किंचित् क्षणमपि न पार्श्वे रथजवात्
[Ś.1.9;] [Bh.3.37.] )-Comp.
-अनुचरः an attendant, a servant; विसृष्टपार्श्वानु- चरस्य तस्य
[R.2.9.] -अपवृत्त a. a. bent on one side (one of the defects of diamonds);
[Kau.A.2.11.29.] -अस्थिःn. a rib.
-आयात a. a. one who has come very near.-आर्तिः f. pain in the side, pleurisy.
-आसन्न a. a. sitting or standing by the side.
-उदरप्रियः a crab. -उपपीडम्ind. (to laugh) so as to hold one's sides.
-ग, -गम, -चर, -स्थित a. a. being close to, standing by the side of.-गः an attendant, a servant; व्यादिदेश गणशोऽथ पार्श्वगान् कार्मुकाभिहरणाय मैथिलः
[R.11.43.] -गतः a.
being at the side, being near or close to, attending upon.
sheltered.
-चरः a servant, an attendant; विपिने पार्श्वचरैर- लक्ष्यमाणः
[R.9.72;14.29.] -दः an attendant, a servant.-देशः the side (of the human body), the ribs.
-नाथः the Jaina pontiff. the 23 rd Tīrthaṅkara (Mar. पारस- नाथ).
परिवर्तनम् turning round from one side to the other in a bed.
N. N. of a festival on the twelfth day of the first half of Bhādrapada (when Viṣṇu is supposed to turn upon the other side in his sleep).-भागः the side or flank.
-मण्डलिन् m. m. N. of a particular posture in dancing.
-मानी the longer side of an oblong.
-वक्त्रः an epithet of Mahādeva.
being by the side, attending, waiting upon.
adjacent. (-m.)
an attendant; भूयः स भूतेश्वरपार्श्ववर्ती किंचिद् विहस्यार्थपतिं बभाषे
[R.2.46.] a companion, associate; अमुना ननु पार्श्ववर्तिना
[Ku.4.29.] sleeping on the side.
sleeping by the side.
शूलः, लम् a shooting pain in the side.
pleurisy.
-सूत्रकः a kind of ornament.
-स्थ a. a. being at the side, near, close, proximate; सुरपतिमपि श्वा पार्श्वस्थं विलोक्य न शङ्कते
[Bh.] (स्थः) a companion.
an assistant of a stagemanager; cf. पारिपार्श्वक.