Paricārika (adjective/noun) = paricāraka (servant, attendant) A V 263 (aggi° fire-worshipper); Pv II 6 20 (amacca° minister and attendant); Thig-a 267; Pj II 597. — feminine °carikā 1. a maid-servant, handmaiden, nurse, (personal) attendant M I 253; cf. S I 125; Ja I 204 (pāda°), 291; II 395; IV 35 (veyyāvacca-kārikā p.), 79; 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).
(masc, masc, agent, from paricāra) attendant [lit.] who walks around Construction: pari + √car > cār + *a + ika paricāra + ika