1. a blow, stroke, hit DN.i.144 (daṇḍa˚); MN.i.123, MN.i.126; Pv.iv.16#7 (sālittaka˚); MN.i.123; Dhp-a.iii.48 (˚dāna-sikkhāpada the precepts concerning those guilty of giving blows cp. Vin.iv.146) Pv-a.4 (ekappahārena with one stroke) Pv-a.56 (muggara˚), Pv-a.66 (identical) Pv-a.253
   ■ ekappahārena at Vism.418 as adv. “all at once.” pahāraṃ deti to give a blow Vin.iv.146; SN.iv.62; AN.iii.121; Vism.314 (pahārasatāni); Pv-a.191 (sīse).
2. a wound Ja.iv.89; Ja.v.459 (˚mukha).

fr. pa + hṛ; Class. Sk. prahāra, see paharati