an encircling wall, put up for obstruction and protection, a fence rampart Vin.ii.121 (3 kinds: made of bricks, of stone or of wood, viz. iṭṭhakā˚, silā, dāru˚); Vin.iv.266 (id.) MN.iii.11; SN.iv.194 (˚toraṇa); AN.iv.107; AN.v.195; Ja.i.63 Ja.ii.50; Ja.vi.330 (mahā˚), Ja.vi.341 (+ parikhā & aṭṭāla); Pv.i.10#13 (ayo˚); Mil.1; Vism.394 (= parikkhepa-pākāra) Dhp-a.iii.441 (tiṇṇaṃ pākārānaṃ antare); Pv-a.24, Pv-a.52 sāṇi˚; screen-fencing Ja.ii.88; Pv-a.283.

• -iṭṭhakā brick or tile of a wall Ja.iii.446 (T. iṭṭhikā)
• -parikkhitta surrounded by a wall DN-a.i.42.
• -parikkhepa a fencing Vism.74.

cp. Epic Sk. prākāra, pa + ā + kṛ.