पर्याय [ paryāya ] [ pary-āya ] m. going or turning or winding round , revolving , revolution Lit. KātyŚr.

  course , lapse , expiration of time Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Vet.

  regular recurrence , repetition , succession , turn (ibc. or [ °yeṇa ] ind. in turn , successively , alternately ; [ caturthe paryāye ] , at the fourth time) Lit. KātyŚr. Lit. Lāṭy. Lit. Mn.

  a regularly recurring series or formula (esp. in the Ati-rātra ceremony) Lit. Br. Lit. ŚrS. ( [ -tva ] n. )

  = [ -sūkta ] Lit. Sāy.

  a convertible term , synonym ( [ -tā ] f. [ -tva ] n. ) Lit. Pañc. Lit. Sāh. Lit. Pāṇ. Sch.

  way , manner , method of proceeding ( [ anena pary-āyeṇa ] , in this manner) Lit. SaddhP.

  probability Lit. MBh.

  ( in rhet.) a partic. figure of speech Lit. Kpr. Lit. Sāh.

  (with Jainas) the regular development of a thing and the end of this development Lit. Sarvad.

  opportunity , occasion Lit. L.

  formation , creation Lit. L.

  point of contact Lit. L.

  [ paryāyeṇa ] ind. , see [ paryāya ] , in turn , successively , alternately