Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 Overflowing (of a tank &c.), inundation, over- flow, natural or artificial; prathamaṃ (kau- tūhalaṃ) saparivāhamāsīt Ś. 2.
2 A water-course, drain or channel to carry off excess of water; pūrotpīḍe taḍāgasya parīvāhaḥ pratikriyā U. 3. 29; Pt. 2. 150; Śi. 16. 51; R. 8. 74.