Pariyesati [pari+esati, cp. BSk. paryeṣate to investigate AvŚ i.339. The P. word shows confusion between esati & icchati, as shown by double forms ˚iṭṭhuŋ etc. See also anvesati] to seek for, look, search, desire D i.223 (˚esamāna ppr.); Sn 482 (id.); S i.177, 181; iv.62; A ii.23, 25, 247; Nd1 262; Nd2 427 (+paṭilabhati and paribhuñjati); J i.3, 138; Miln 109, 313; DhA iii.263 (ppr. ˚esanto); PvA 31; Sdhp 506. -- grd. ˚esitabba S ii.130; inf. ˚esituŋ SnA 316; and ˚eṭṭhuŋ (conj. ˚iṭṭhuŋ?) Sn 289 (cp. SnA 316 which gives reading ˚eṭṭhuŋ as gloss); ger. ˚esitvā SnA 317, 414; -- pp. pariyesita & pariyiṭṭha (q. v.). Cp. for similar formation & meaning ajjhesati with pp. ajjhesita & ajjhiṭṭha. -- Cp. vi˚.