ཁྲིའུ་

ཁྲིའུ། (Wyl. khri'u ) Pron.: triu

• Skt. पीठः, pīṭha, Pron.: pitha. From Sanskrit: possibly corrupted fr. | to sit upon | a stool, seat, chair, bench, GṛŚ. | a religious student's seat (made properly of Kuśa grass) | case, pedestal (•esp. of an idol) | royal seat, throne | place, office | N. of various temples (erected on the 5 1 spots where the limbs of Pārvatī fell after she had been cut to pieces by the discus of Vishṇu) | a district, province | a •partic. posture in sitting | (in •geom.) the complement of a segment | a kind of fish | the sun | N. of an Asura | of a minister of Kan6sa [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW
• Skt. पीठिका, pīṭhikā, Pron.: pithika. From Sanskrit: a stool, bench | a base, pedestal (•esp. of an idol [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW
• Skt. मञ्चः, mañca, Pron.: mancha. From Sanskrit: a stage or platform on a palace or on columns, raised seat, dais, throne | a bedstead, couch | a pedestal | an elevated platform or shed raised on bamboos in a field (where a watchman is stationed to protect the crop from cattle, birds) | (in music) a kind of measure [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW