The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Parikanta
Parikanta2 at Vin ii.80 (bh!sita˚) is probably to be read as p!rikata [pp. of parikaroti]. Bdhgh explns as
parik
-- 422 --
kametv! kata, but it is difficult to derive it fr. parikkamati. Vin. Texts iii.18 trsl. "as well in speech as in
act" and identify it with parikanta1, hardly justified. Cp. also Kern. Toev. s. v. The passage is evidently
faulty.
Parikantati
Parikantati1 [pari+kantati1] to wind round, twist J iii.185 (p!so p!da' p.; but taken by C. as parikantati2,
expld as "camm!d"ni chindanto samant! kantati").
Parikantati
Parikantati2 [pari+kantati2] to cut (round), cut through, pierce M i.244 (v!t! kucchi' p.); J iii.185 (see
parikantati1).
Parikappa
Parikappa [fr. pari+kalp] 1. preparation, intention, strata- gem Th 1, 940. -- 2. assumption, supposition,
surmise A i.197; v.271; DhsA 308.
Parikappita
Parikappita [pp. of parikappati] inclined, determined, decided, fixed upon Sdhp. 362, 602.
Parikamma
Parikamma (nt.) [pari+kamma] "doing round," i. e. doing up, viz 1. arrangement, getting up, preparation
Vin ii.106 (˚' k!r!peti), 117 (geruka˚ plastering with red chalk) 151 (id.). parikamma' karoti to make (the
necessary) preparation, to set to work Vism 395 and passim (with ref. to iddhi). Usually in form
parikammakata arranged, prepared Vin ii.175 (bh(mi), as -- ˚ "with," viz. geruka˚ plastered with red chalk
Vin i.48; ii.209; l!kh!˚ J iii.183; iv.256; su˚ beautifully arranged or prepared, fitful, well worked Miln 62
(d!ru), 282 (ma*iratana); VvA 188. In special sense used with ref. to jh!na, as kasi*a˚ processes whereby
jh!na is introduced, preparations for meditation J i.141; iv.306; v.162, 193; DhsA 168; cp. Cpd. 54; DhA
i.105. -- 2. service, attention, attending Vin i.47; ii.106, 220; S i.76; Th 2, 376 (=veyy!vacca ThA 253); Pug
56; DhA i.96, 333, chiefly by way of administering ointments etc. to a person, cp. J v.89; DhA i.250. sar"ra˚
attending the body DA i.45, 186; SnA 52. -- k!raka one who ministers to or looks after a person, attendant;
one who makes preparations Th 2, 411 (f. -- ik!=paric!rik! ThA 267); J i.232.
Parikara
Parikara [fr. pari+k%; a similar formation belonging to same root, but with fig. meaning is to be found in
parikkh!ra, which is also expld by parivara cp. parikaroti=pariv!reti] "doing round," i. e. girdle, loincloth J
iv.149; DhA i.352. -- In cpd. ov!da˚ it is v. l. SS at D i.137 for pa&ikara (q. v.).
Parikaroti