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Parihāra [fr. pari+hṛ, cp. pariharati] 1. attention, care (esp. -- ˚), in cpds. like gabbha˚ care of the foetus DhA i. 4; dāraka˚ care of the infant J ii. 20; kumāra˚looking after the prince J i. 148, ii. 48; DhA i. 346; dup˚ hard to protect J i. 437; Vism 95 (Majjhimo d. hard to study?) -- 2. honour, privilege, dignity Vin i. 71; Jiv. 306 (gārava˚). -- 3. surrounding (lit.), circuit of land J iv. 461. -- 4. surrounding (fig.), attack; in cpd. visama˚ being attacked by adversities A ii. 87; Nd2 304i c ; Miln 112, 135. -- 5. avoidance, keeping away from J i. 186.
-- patha "circle road," i. e. (1) a roundabout way DhAii. 192. (2) encircling game D i. 6=Vin ii. 10 (expld as "bhūmiyaŋ nānāpathaŋ maṇḍalaŋ katvā tattha pariharitabbaŋ pariharantānaŋ kīḷanaŋ" DA i. 85; trsld as "keeping going over diagrams" Dial. i. 10, with remark "a kind of primitive hop -- scotch").
-- patha "circle road," i. e. (1) a roundabout way DhA
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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pariharaka , pariharaṇa , pariharati , parihārika , parihārin , parihāpeti , parihāniya , parihāṇiḥ , parihāni sutta , parihāni