pīWa | पीWअ | pIWa

pīWa | पीWअ | n. (rarely f(I). ; possibly corrupted fr. pi-sad | पि-सद् |, to sit upon) a stool, seat, chair, bench, GṛS.; MBh. &c.
a religious student's seat (made properly of Kuśa grass), W.
case, pedestal (esp. of an idol), Rājat.; Var., Sch.
royal seat, throne, RāmatUp.
place, office (cf. pīWāḍikāra | पीWआडिकार |)
N. of various temples (erected on the 51 spots where the limbs of Pārvatī fell after she had been cut to pieces by the discus of Viṣṇu), L.
a district, province, Pañc.
a partic. posture in sitting, Cat.
(in geom.) the complement of a segment, Col.
pīWa | पीWअ | m. a kind of fish, L.
the sun, Gal.
N. of an Asura, MBh.
of a minister of Kaṃsa, Hariv.

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