The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pari˚ (indecl.) [Idg. *peri to verbal root *per, denoting completion of a forward movement (as in Sk. p%2,
piparti. to bring across, promote; cp. Vedic p%c to satisfy, p%*!ti to fill, fulfill. See also P. para). Cp. Vedic
pari, Av. pairi, Gr. pe/ri, Lat. per (also in adj. per -- magnus very great); Obulg. pariy round about, Lith. per!
through, Oir er -- (intensifying prefix), Goth. faír, Ohg. fir, far=Ger. ver -- ] prefix, signifying (lit.) around,
round about; (fig.) all round, i. e. completely, altogether. The use as prep. (with acc.=against, w. abl.=from)
has entirely disappeared in P!li (but see below 1a). As adv. "all round" it is only found at J vi.198 (par"
metri causa; combd with samantato). The composition form before vowels is pariy˚, which in combn
with ud and upa undergoes metathesis, scil. payir˚. Frequent combns with other preps. are pari +! (pariy!˚)
and pari+ava (pariyo˚); sampari˚. Close affinities of p. are the preps. adhi (cp. ajjhesati> pariyesati,
ajjhog!hati> pariyog!hati) and abhi (cp. abhir!dheti>paritoseti, abhit!pa>parit!pa, abhip")ita>pari˚,
abhip(reti>pari˚, abhirakkhati>pari˚), cp. also its relation to ! in var. combns. -- Meanings. 1. (lit.) (a) away
from, off (cp. Vedic pari as prep. c. abl.:) ˚ka..hati to draw over, seduce, ˚cheda cutting off, restriction,
˚puñchati wipe off. -- (b) all round, round (expld by samantato, e. g. at Vism 271 in pallanka): ˚anta
surrounded, ˚esati search round, ˚ki**a covered all round (i. e. completely, cp. expln as "samantato
!ki**a"), ˚carati move round, ˚jana surrounding people, ˚dh!vati run about, ˚dhovati wash all round, ˚paleti
watch all round, fig. guard carefully, ˚bhamati roam about, ˚ma*.ala circular (round), ˚s! assembly (lit.
sitting round, of sad). -- 2. (fig.) (a) quite, completely, very much, kat) ecoxh/n: ˚!d!na consummation,
˚!panna gone completely into, ˚od!ta very pure, ˚os!na complete end, ˚g(hati to hide well, ˚toseti satisfy
very much, ˚p(reti fulfil, ˚bhutta thoroughly enjoyed, ˚yañña supreme sacrifice, ˚suddha extremely clean. --
(b) too much, excessively (cp. ati˚ and adhi˚): ˚t!peti torment excessively, ˚pakka over -- ripe. -- A
derivation (adv.) from pari is parito (q. v.). On its relation to Sk. pari+ see parikkh!ra. A frequently
occurring dialectical variant of pari˚ is pali˚ (q. v.). -- Note. The expln of P. Commentators as regards pari
is "pariggaha&&ho" Ps i.176; "paricca" SnA 88; "parito" VvA 316; PvA 33.
Parika..hati
Parika..hati [pari+k˚, cp. BSk. parika..hati MVastu ii.255] to draw over or towards oneself, to win over,
seduce D ii.283 (purisa'); Miln 143 (janapada'). Cp. parikassati and samparika..hati.
Parika..hana
Parika..hana (nt.) [fr. prec.] drawing, dragging along J ii.78; Miln 154.
Parikati
Parikati [*parik%ti of k% (?)] arrangement, preparation, getting up J v.203.
Parikatta
Parikatta [pp. of pari+kantati2; corresponds to Sk, k%tta, which is usually represented in P. by kanta2] cut
round, cut off Miln 188.
Parikath!
Parikath! (f.) [pari+kath!, cp. BSk. parikath! Divy 225, 235] 1. "round -- about tale," exposition, story, esp
religious tale D ii.204; Vism 41 (=pariy!ya -- kath!) -- 2. talk about, remark, hint Vin i.254 (cp. Vin. Texts
ii.154); Vbh 353=Vism 23 (with obh!sa & nimitta); SnA 497. -- 3. continuous or excessive talk Vism 29.
Parikanta
Parikanta1 [pari+kanta2 of kantati2] cut open Vin iii.89 (kucchi p.). See also parikatta & cp. Kern, Toev. s.
v. (misreading for ˚katta?). -- Note. Reading parikanta' up!hana' at J vi.51 is with v. l. to be changed to
pariyanta'.