पर्वत [ parvata ] [ párvata ] m. f. n. ( fr. [ parvan ] cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 5-2 , 122 Vārtt. 10 Lit. Pat.) knotty , rugged (said of mountains) Lit. RV. Lit. AV. ( according to Lit. ĀpŚr. Sch. = [ parutka ] , [ parva-vat ] )

  [ parvata ] m. a mountain , mountain-range , height , hill , rock ( often personified ; ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) Lit. RV.

  m. an artificial mound or heap ( of grain , salt , silver , gold presented to Brāhmans cf. [ -dāna ] )

  the number 7 (from the 7 principal mountain-ranges) Lit. Sūryas.

  a fragment of rock , a stone ( [ adrayaḥ parvatāḥ ] , the stones for pressing Soma) Lit. RV.

  a (mountain-like) cloud Lit. ib. ( cf. Lit. Naigh. i , 10)

  a tree Lit. L.

  a species of pot-herb Lit. L.

  a species of fish (Silurus Pabda) Lit. L.

  N. of a Vasu Lit. Hariv.

  of a Ṛishi (associated with Nārada and messenger of the gods , supposed author of Lit. RV. viii , 12 ; ix , 104 , 105, where he has the patr. Kāṇva and Kāśyapa) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kathās.

  of a son of Paurṇamāsa (son of Marīci and Sambhūti) Lit. MārkP.

  of a minister of king Purū-ravas Lit. Vikr.

  of a monkey Lit. R.

  of one of the 10 religious orders founded by Śaṃkarâcārya's pupils (whose members add the word [ parvata ] to their names) Lit. W.

  [ parvatī ] f. a rock , stone Lit. VS.