pawwa | पwwअ | pawwa
pawwa | पwwअ | m. (fr. pattra | पत्त्र |?) a slab, tablet (for painting or writing upon), MBh.
(esp.) a copper plate for inscribing royal grants or orders (cf. tāmra- | ताम्र- |)
the flat or level surface of anything (cf. lalāwa- | ललाwअ- |, ṣilā- | षिला- |), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a bandage, ligature, strip, fillet (of cloth, leather &c.), MBh.; Suśr.
a frontlet, turban (5 kinds, viz. those of kings, queens, princes, generals, and the prasāda-pawwas | प्रसाद-पwwअस् |, or turban of honour ; cf. VarBṛS. xlix), tiara, diadem, MBh.; Kāv.; Rājat. (ifc. f(A). )
cloth (= pawa | पwअ |)
coloured or fine cloth, woven silk (= kOṣeya | क्Oषेय |), Kāv.; Pañc. (cf. cīna-p˚ | चीन-प्˚ |, pawwāṃṣuka | पwwआंषुक | &c.)
an upper or outer garment, Bhaṭṭ.
a place where 4 roads meet (= catuś-paṭa | चतुश्-पट |), L.
Corchorus Olitorius, W.
= vidūśaka | विदूशक |, Gal.
N. of sev. men, Rājat.
(esp.) a copper plate for inscribing royal grants or orders (cf. tāmra- | ताम्र- |)
the flat or level surface of anything (cf. lalāwa- | ललाwअ- |, ṣilā- | षिला- |), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a bandage, ligature, strip, fillet (of cloth, leather &c.), MBh.; Suśr.
a frontlet, turban (5 kinds, viz. those of kings, queens, princes, generals, and the prasāda-pawwas | प्रसाद-पwwअस् |, or turban of honour ; cf. VarBṛS. xlix), tiara, diadem, MBh.; Kāv.; Rājat. (ifc. f(A). )
cloth (= pawa | पwअ |)
coloured or fine cloth, woven silk (= kOṣeya | क्Oषेय |), Kāv.; Pañc. (cf. cīna-p˚ | चीन-प्˚ |, pawwāṃṣuka | पwwआंषुक | &c.)
an upper or outer garment, Bhaṭṭ.
a place where 4 roads meet (= catuś-paṭa | चतुश्-पट |), L.
Corchorus Olitorius, W.
= vidūśaka | विदूशक |, Gal.
N. of sev. men, Rājat.