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Pariccāga [fr. pariccajati] 1. giving up, abandonment, sacrifice, renunciation A i. 92 (āmisa˚ & dhamma˚ material & spiritual); Ps ii. 98; J i. 12 (jīvita˚); DhAiii. 441 (pañca mahāpariccāgā the five great sacrifices, i. e. the giving up of the most valuable treasures of wife, of children, of kingdom, of life and limb). -- 2. expenseDhA ii. 231 (sahassa˚ expenditure of a thousand coins). -- 3. giving (to the poor), liberality DhsA 157; SnA 295 (mahā˚, corresponding to mahādāna); PvA 7 sq.; 27, 120 sq., 124.
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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