meanings of "parvan"
n.{c-stem}
1.a knot;
2.a limb;
3.a portion;
4.a book (as of the mahaabhaarata);
5.the step of a staircase;
6.a period;
7.particularly, the days of the four changes of the moon, i. e. the eighth and fourteenth day of each half manth and the days of the full and new moon;
8.a sacrifice performed on the occasion of a change of the moon;
9.the day of new or full moon;
10.an eclipse of the sun or moon;
11.a festival;
12.an oppotunity or occasion in general;
13.a particular period of the year (as the equinox, solstice);
14.the moment of the sun's entering a new sign;
15.a moment
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