Parshu, Parśu: 12 definitions

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Parshu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Parśu can be transliterated into English as Parsu or Parshu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

1) Parśu (पर्शु) denotes ‘rib’ in the Atharvaveda and later. Cf. Śarīra.

2) Parśu (पर्शु) seems in some passages to denote a ‘sickle’, being apparently a variant of Paraśu.

3) Parśu (पर्शु) in the Nirukta (iv. 6) is explained in one passage of the Rigveda as meaning the sides of a cistern (kūpa). But the sense of ‘ribs’ is quite adequate there.

4) Parśu (पर्शु) occurs in one passage in a Dānastuti (‘praise of gifts’) in the Rigveda as the name of a man. It is not certain that he is identical with Tirindira, but the Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra mentions Tirindira Pāraśavya as the patron of Vatsa Kāṇva. In another passage occurring in the Vṛṣākapi hymn, Parśu Mānavī occurs, apparently as a woman, daughter of Manu, but who is meant it is quite impossible to say.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Parsu in Central America is the name of a plant defined with Erythrina berteroana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erythrina neglecta Krukoff & Moldenke.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Economic Botany (1994)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Symbolae Antillarum (1908)
· Phytologia (1938)
· Phytologia (1976)
· Phytologia (1973)

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parśu (पर्शु).—

1) An axe, a hatchet; cf. परशु (paraśu).

2) A weapon in general.

3) A rib; आवान्तरदिशः पर्शवः (āvāntaradiśaḥ parśavaḥ) Bṛ. Up.1.1.1.

4) Ved. A curved knife. -f. The supporting or sidewall of a well.

Derivable forms: parśuḥ (पर्शुः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parśu (पर्शु).—m.

(-rśuḥ) An axe, a hatchet. E. para an enemy, śṛ to destroy, Unadi aff. ku, deriv. irr,; or spṛś to touch, changed to pṛ, and śun Unadi aff.; also paraśu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parśu (पर्शु).—1. [feminine] rib; curved knife, sickle.

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Parśu (पर्शु).—2. [masculine] = paraśu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parśu (पर्शु):—1. parśu m. a rib, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa] cf. [Zend] perezu; a curved knife, sickle, [Atharva-veda; Kauśika-sūtra]

2) cf. [Latin] falx; [Greek] φάλκης

3) Name of a man, [Ṛg-veda viii, 6, 46]

4) [plural] Name of a warrior-tribe, [Pāṇini 5-3, 117] (cf. pāraśava)

5) f. the supporting or side wall of a well, [Nirukta, by Yāska iv, 6]

6) Name of a woman, [Ṛg-veda x, 86, 23.]

7) 2. parśu m. (cf. paraśu and, [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 34 [Scholiast or Commentator]]) an axe, hatchet, [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parśu (पर्शु):—(rśuḥ) 2. m. An axe.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Parśu (पर्शु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paṃsu.

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Parshu in German

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Parshu in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a battle axe; ~[dhara] one who wields a [parashu]; see ~[rama; ~rama] the great son of the seer Jamdagni, and a sworn enemy of the kshatriyas, who annihilated the kshatriyas twenty-one times and ultimately suffered a defeat at the hands of [rama]..—parshu (परशु) is alternatively transliterated as Paraśu.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Parsu (ಪರ್ಸು):—[noun] a small bag or pouch for carrying money; a purse.

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