Khārī (feminine) [and khāri-] a certain measure of capacity (especially of grain, see below khārika). It is used of the eight requisites of an ascetic, and often in connection with his yoke (kāja): "a khārī-load." -kāja Vin I 33 (cf. Vinaya Texts I 132); Ja V 204; -bhaṇḍa Dhp-a III 243 (kahaṃ te kh.-bh°ṃ ko pabbajita-parikkhāro); -bhāra a shoulder-yoke S I 169; Ja III 83; -vidha = °kāja S I 78 = Ud 65; D I 101. At Ud and D passages it is read vividha, but Sv I 269 makes it clear: khārī ti araṇi-kamaṇḍalu-sūcādayo tāpasa-parikkhārā; vidho ti kāco, tasmā khāribharitaṃ kācam ādāyā ti attho. As Kern ( Toev. sub voce ) points out, °vidha is a distortion of vivadha, which is synonymous with kāja.
(fem, fem, from khari) measure of volume measure of volume, 16 measures of grain (4 māṇikā = 1 khāri) Construction: khāri + ī