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 (˚ŋ 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. -- parāyaṇaending 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.