Paribhaṇḍa [for paribandha, dialectical, see Kern, Toev. i.36, who compares Tamil panda "a surrounding wall" =P. bandha. The meaning is rather uncertain, cp. notes in Vin. Texts ii.154; iii.85, 213] 1. a binding along the back Vin i.254, 297; ii.116; J v.254 (v. l. ˚daṇḍa). -- 2. a girdle, belt J vi.125; DhA ii.174. <-> 3. a plastered flooring Vin ii.113, 172, 220; J iii.384; iv.92; v.437, 440. -- 4. slough of a serpent (?) J vi.339. -- 5. (˚ -- ) adj. encircling, comprehensive, in ˚ñāṇa Vism 429.