पटहः [paṭahḥ] 1 A kettle-drum, a war-drum, drum, tabor; कुर्वन् संध्याबलिपटहतां शूलिनः श्लाघनीयाम्
[Me.36;] पटुपटह- ध्वनिभिर्विनीतनिद्रः
[R.9.71.] Beginning, undertaking.
Injuring, killing. -Comp.
-घोषकः a crier (who beats a drum and then makes the proclamation).-भ्रमणम् going about with a drum to call people together.
-वेला the hour at which a drum is beaten every day.