adjective noun = paricāraka (servant, attendant) AN.v.263 (aggi˚ fire-worshipper); Pv.ii.6#20 (amacca minister & attendant); Thag-a.267; Snp-a.597
■ f. -carikā

1. a maid-servant, handmaiden, …

who tends the ritual fire

…(pāri˚), Snp-a.456 -paricārika one who worship the fire aN.v.263 (brāhmaṇa) -sālā a…

1. friend, companion, fellow-worker, helper, esp one who gives his advice, a bosom-friend Iti.73; Ja.vi.512 (sahajātā amaccā); Pv.ii.6#20 (a ˚-paricārikā well-advising friends as company or around …

…Mnd.464 (+ paricārika) Snp-a.597 (+ paricāraka, for paddhagū).

paddha¹ + cara, cp. Sk. prādhva and prahva humble

…Nd ii.reads paṭṭhagu but Snp-a.597 paddhagu and explains by paddhacara paricārika); Ja.vi.380 (hadayassa) Thag.632.

cp. Sk. prādhvaga

going about, service, ministration, worship SN.i.182; AN.i.132; Dhp-a.ii.232 (aggi˚;) Occurs also as pāricariyā (q.v.), e.g. at Ja.v.154. See also paricārikā.

fr. paricarati

…Pv.iv.8#7 (not ˚vāraka); DN-a.i.137, DN-a.i.269 See also paricārika.

fr. paricāreti

1. keeping up, preserving, care, attention, pleasure Pv-a.219 (with variant reading ˚caraṇā for paricārikā Pv.iv.1#2).
2. keeping secret, guarding hiding, deceiving Vb.358 = Pp.23.

= pariharaṇa

“doing round,” i.e. doing up, viz (1.) arrangement, getting up, preparation Vin.ii.106 (˚ṃ kārāpeti), Vin.ii.117 (geruka˚ plastering with red chalk), Vin.ii.151 (id.). parikammaṃ karoti to make (the …

1. the foot, usually pl. pādā both feet, e.g. Vin.i.9, Vin.i.34, Vin.i.188; Iti.111; Snp.309, Snp.547, Snp.768, Snp.835, Snp.1028; Ja.ii.114; Ja.iv.137; Dhp-a.iii.196; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.10, Pv-a.40, …