Pari˚ (indecl.) [Idg. *peri to verbal root *per, denoting completion of a forward movement (as in Sk. pṛ2, piparti. to bring across, promote; cp. Vedic pṛc to satisfy, pṛṇāti 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. per̃ 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 Pāli (but see below 1a). As adv. "all round" it is only found at J vi.198 (parī 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 +ā (pariyā˚) and pari+ava (pariyo˚); sampari˚. Close affinities of p. are the preps. adhi(cp. ajjhesati> pariyesati, ajjhogāhati>pariyogāhati) and abhi (cp. abhirādheti>paritoseti, abhitāpa>paritāpa, abhipīḷita>pari˚, abhipūreti>pari˚, abhirakkhati>pari˚), cp. also its relation to ā in var. combns. -- Meanings. 1. (lit.) (a) away from, off (cp. Vedic pari as prep. c. abl.:) ˚kaḍḍhati 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, ˚kiṇṇa covered all round (i. e. completely, cp. expln as "samantato ākiṇṇa"), ˚carati move round, ˚jana surrounding people, ˚dhāvati run about, ˚dhovati wash all round, ˚paleti watch all round, fig. guard carefully, ˚bhamati roam about, ˚maṇḍala circular (round), ˚sā assembly (lit. sitting round, of sad). -- 2. (fig.) (a) quite, completely, very much, kat) ecoxh/n: ˚ādāna consummation, ˚āpanna gone completely into, ˚odāta very pure, ˚osāna complete end, ˚gūhati to hide well, ˚toseti satisfy very much, ˚pūreti fulfil, ˚bhutta thoroughly enjoyed, ˚yañña supreme sacrifice, ˚suddha extremely clean. -- (b) too much, excessively (cp. ati˚ and adhi˚): ˚tāpeti torment excessively, ˚pakka over -- ripe. -- A derivation (adv.) from pari is parito (q. v.). On its relation to Sk. pariṣ see parikkhāra. A frequently occurring dialectical variant of pari˚ is pali˚ (q. v.). -- Note. The expln of P. Commentators as regards pari is "pariggahaṭṭho" Psi.176; "paricca" SnA 88; "parito" VvA 316; PvA 33.

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