ditch, trench, moat Vin.ii.154; DN.i.105 (ukkiṇṇa-parikha adj with trenches dug deep, combined with okkhittapaligha explained by khāta-parikha ṭhapita-paligha at DN-a.i.274) MN.i.139 (sankiṇṇa˚ adj. with trenches filled, epithet of an Arahant, combined with ukkhittapaligha) = AN.iii.84 sq. Cnd.284 C (spelt kkh); AN.iv.106 (nagara˚); Ja.i.240, Ja.i.490 Ja.iv.106 (ukkiṇṇ’ antaraparikha); Ja.vi.276, Ja.vi.432; Cp II.1#2 (spelt kkh); Mil.1 (gambhīra˚); Snp-a.519 (˚taṭa); Pv-a.201 (˚piṭṭhe), Pv-a.261 (id.), Pv-a.278 (id., variant reading ˚parikkhāṭa-tīre).

fr. pari + khan, cp. Epic Sk. parikhā