परिषद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰিষদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬶᬱᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পরিষদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰰𑰬𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀱𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပရိၑဒ် (Burmese script)
• પરિષદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਿਸ਼ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌷𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦶꦰꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂱𑂭𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಿಷದ್ (Kannada script)
• បរិឞទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຣິຩທ຺ (Lao script)
• പരിഷദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᡳᢢᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘱𑘬𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠢᢔᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧒𑧌𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐶𑐲𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପରିଷଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢶꢰꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆴𑆰𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖰𑖬𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පරිෂද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩑𑪀𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚮𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• பரிஷத்³ (Tamil script)
• పరిషద్ (Telugu script)
• ปริษทฺ (Thai script)
• པ་རི་ཥ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒱𑒭𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨁𑨯𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

परि- (pari-) +‎ सद् (sad, “to sit down before”, root)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾi.ʂɐ́d/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾi.ʂɐd̪/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾi.ʂɐd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾi.ʂɐd̪/

Noun

परिषद् • (pariṣád) stem, f

1. assembly, meeting, group, council; audience
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.111.24:

     अथ उत्थाय जलम् स्पृष्ट्वा भरतो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ।
     शृण्वन्तु मे परिषदो मन्त्रिणः श्रेणयः तथा ॥

     atha utthāya jalam spṛṣṭvā bharato vākyam abravīt.
     śṛṇvantu me pariṣado mantriṇaḥ śreṇayaḥ tathā.

     • 2005 translation by K. M. K. Murthy

       Thereafter, Bharata rose, touched water and spoke as follows: "Let the audience, including ministers and the guild of traders hear me also."

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of परिषद् (pariṣád)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	परिषत् pariṣát	परिषदौ / परिषदा¹ pariṣádau / pariṣádā¹	परिषदः pariṣádaḥ
Vocative	परिषत् páriṣat	परिषदौ / परिषदा¹ páriṣadau / páriṣadā¹	परिषदः páriṣadaḥ
Accusative	परिषदम् pariṣádam	परिषदौ / परिषदा¹ pariṣádau / pariṣádā¹	परिषदः pariṣádaḥ
Instrumental	परिषदा pariṣádā	परिषद्भ्याम् pariṣádbhyām	परिषद्भिः pariṣádbhiḥ
Dative	परिषदे pariṣáde	परिषद्भ्याम् pariṣádbhyām	परिषद्भ्यः pariṣádbhyaḥ
Ablative	परिषदः pariṣádaḥ	परिषद्भ्याम् pariṣádbhyām	परिषद्भ्यः pariṣádbhyaḥ
Genitive	परिषदः pariṣádaḥ	परिषदोः pariṣádoḥ	परिषदाम् pariṣádām
Locative	परिषदि pariṣádi	परिषदोः pariṣádoḥ	परिषत्सु pariṣátsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Alternative forms

• पर्षद् (parṣad), परिषद (pariṣada)

Descendants

• English: parishad
• Burmese: ပရိသတ် (pa.ri.sat)
• Lao: ບໍລິສັດ (bǭ li sat)
• Thai: บริษัท (bɔɔ-rí-sàt)

Root

परिषद् • (pariṣad)

1. to surround
2. to beset, besiege

Derived terms

• परिषदति (pariṣadati, 1 P)
• परिषीदति (pariṣīdati, 1 P)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “परिषद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 602.