n. [pṛ-vanip Uṇ. 4. 112] 1 A knot, joint (sometimes changed to parva at the end of Bah. comp.; as in karkaśāṃguliparvayā R. 12. 41).

2 A limb, member, joint of the body, knuckle.

3 A portion, part, divi- sion.

4 A book, section (as of the Mahābhārata).

5 The step of a staircase; R. 16. 46.

6 A period, fixed time.

7 Particularly, the days of the four changes of the moon; i. e. the eighth and fourteenth...