pali (p. 301) s. Sacrifice of an animal, regarded as food for a ferocious deity, either propitiatory or to obtain favors. 2. A sacrificial animal or offering, பலமிருகம். 3. Boiled rice or other food, as an oblation presented to the guardians of the cardinal points. See சுற்றுப்பலி. 4. Boiled rice cast as an offering to crows, in reference to the manes, and the planet Saturn, சோற்றுப்பலி. 5. Boiled rice, சோறு. 6. Boiled rice given to mendicants, alms in general, பிச்சை. 7. Offerings of flowers, &c., in the worship of the temple, the puja, பூசை 8. Ashes, சாம்பல். 9. Calx, lime, நீறு. 1 [in mythol.] Mahabali, sovereign of Mahabalipura, ticked out of the dominion he had obtained over earth and heaven, by Vishnu, in the வாமனம், or dwarf incarnation, and left, in consideration of his merits, the sovereignty of the infernal regions, ஓர்சக்கிரவர் த்தி. W. p. 6 BALL.--Note.. The annual lamp lighting in November is in reference to him. 11. Food of the gods, &c., derived from sacrifices, oblations, தேவரு ணவு. 12 A tree laden with fruit, காய்த்தி ருந்தமரம். (சது.) 13. A crow, காகம். பலிகொடுக்க--பலியிட--பலிபோட, inf. To sacrifice a victim, present offerings to a deity. 2. To kill. பலிசெலுத்த, inf. To offer sacrifice. பலிச்சக்கிரவர்த்தி, s. The sovereign Bali, commonly மகாபலி. See பலி. பலிதானம், s. Offering of sacrifices, alms giving, பலிதருகை. பலிபீடம், s. An altar. பலிபுட்டம், s. A crow as nourished by fragments of food, காக்கை. Compare பரபுட் டம், அன்னியபுட்டம். பலியூட்ட, inf. [v. noun. பலியூட்டு.] To sacrifice to a deity. 2. To feed crows, &c., with rice, as representing some deity. பலியெடுக்க, inf. To prey on the life of a person, or animal--as a demon, supposed to happen through exposure in a crossway, at midday, midnight, &c. பலியேற்க, inf. To receive a sacrifice, an offering, &c., with pleasure, as a deity. 56)
