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					Mañca,[cp.Epic Sk.mañca stand,scaffolding,platform] a couch,bed Vin.IV,39,40 (where 4 kinds are mentioned,which also apply to the defn of pīṭha,viz.masāraka,bundikābaddha,kuḷīra-pādaka,āhacca-pādaka; same defn at VbhA.365); Sn.401; J.III,423; DhA.I,89 (°ṁ bandhati to tie a bed or two together),130; IV,16; VbhA.20; VvA.291; PvA.93.-- heṭṭhā mañce underneath the bed J.I,197 (as place where domestic pigs lie); II,419 (id.); II,275 (where a love-sick youth lies down in the park).
  --atimañca bed upon bed,i.e.beds placed on top of each other serving as grand stands at a fair or festival J.III,456; VI,277; DhA.IV,59.--parāyaṇa ending in bed,kept in bed Pv.II,25 (nīla°,fig.for being buried); DhA.I,183 (with v.l.maccu°,just as likely,but see maccuparāyaṇa).--pīṭha couch and chair Vin.II,270 sq.; A.III,51; VvA.9,220,295.--vāna stuffing of a couch DhA.I,234.(Page 515)