masculine · paligha 1 · paligha 2
a cross-bar; an obstacle
Paligha [pari + gha of (g)han, cf. Pāli and Sanskrit parigha] 1. a crossbar Vin II 154; Thig 263 (vaṭṭa° = parighadaṇḍa Thig-a 211); Ja II 95; VI 276. 2. an obstacle, hindrance D II 254 = S I 27. — (adjective) (—°) in two phrases: okkhitta° with crossbars erected or put up D I 105 (= ṭhapita° Sv I 274), opposite ukkhitta° with crossbars (i.e. obstacles) withdrawn or removed M I 139 = A III 84 = Nidd II §284 commentary; Snp 622 (= avijjā-palighassa ukkhittattā Pj II 467); cf. parikhā. -parivattika turning round of the bar the "Bar Turn," a kind of punishment or torture (consisting in "a spike being driven from ear to ear he is pinned to the ground" Hardy, E.M. 32, cf. Q.K.M. I 277) M I 87 = A I 47 = II 122 = Nidd I 154 = Nidd II §604 B (reads paliṅgha, v.l. paligha) = Miln 197.
(masc, masc) cross-bar; bolt; bar; obstacle cross-bar, obstacle Construction: pari > pali + √ghaṭ + a > gha
(adj, adj) with a barrier; with a barricade Construction: pari > pali + √ghaṭ + a > gha