paryaṇka | पर्यण्क | paryaNka

pary-aṇka | पर्य्-अण्क | m. (also paly˚ | पल्य्˚ |, Pāṇ. viii, 2, 22) a bed, couch, sofa, litter, palanquin, KauṣUp.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (also ˚kikā | ˚किका | f., Kād.; ˚kī-kfta | ˚की-क्फ़्त | mfn. turned into a couch, Gīt.)
a partic. mode of sitting on the ground (a squatting position assumed by ascetics and Buddhists in meditation), Buddh. (cf. below)
a cloth wound round the back and loins and knees while so sitting, L.
N. of a mountain (son of Vindhya), L.

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