Pariccheda [fr. pari+chid; late Sk: (philos.) in same meaning] 1. exact determination, circumscription, range, definition, connotation, measure J iii.371; Vism 184 (as one of the nimittas of the body), 236 (referring to the 5 nimittas of the life -- principle); SnA 160, 229, 231, 376, 408, 503; KhA 182 (gaṇana˚); VvA 194 (id.); DhsA 3; DhA ii.73 (avadhi˚); PvA 254 (kāla˚), 255 (āyuno p.); VbhA 417 (citta˚, for citta -- paricce ñãṇa Vbh 330). -- 2. limit, boundary Miln 131, 405; J iii.504 (˚nadī -- tīra). -- 3. limitation, restriction DhA ii.88, 98; PvA 20 (˚ŋ karoti to restrict). -- 4. division (of time), in ratti˚ & divā˚, night -- & day -- division Vism 416. -- 5. (town) -- planning, designing VbhA 331.

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