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."

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.