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, nurse, (personal attendant MN.i.253; cp. SN.i.125; Ja.i.204 (pāda˚;), Ja.i.291, Ja.ii.395; Ja.iv.35 (veyyāvacca-kārikā p.), Ja.iv.79; Ja.v.420; Pv.ii.12#6 (= veyyāvacca-kārinī Pv-a.157); Pv-a.46
2. care, attention; pleasure, pastime (so here, probably another form of paricāriyā) Pv.iv.1#2 (= indriyānaṃ pariharaṇā Pv-a.219; gloss -cāraṇā).