Parikhā (f.) [fr. pari+khan, cp. Epic Sk. parikhā] a ditch, trench, moat Vin ii.154; D i.105 (ukkiṇṇa -- parikha adj. with trenches dug deep, combd with okkhittapaligha; expld by khāta -- parikha ṭhapita -- paligha at DA i.274); M i.139 (sankiṇṇa˚ adj. with trenches filled, Ep. of an Arahant, combd with ukkhittapaligha)=A iii.84 sq.= Nd2 284 C (spelt kkh); A iv.106 (nagara˚); J i.240, 490; iv.106 (ukkiṇṇ' antaraparikha); vi.276, 432; Cp II.13 (spelt kkh); Miln 1 (gambhīra˚); SnA 519 (˚taṭa); PvA 201 (˚piṭṭhe), 261 (id.), 278 (id., v. l. ˚parikkhāṭa -- tīre).