Paridaṇḍa (adjective) [pari + daṇḍa] "with a stick around," i.e. surrounded by a stick; only in one phrase viz. "saparidaṇḍā iṭṭhi" a woman protected by a stick, or liable to punishment (?), in stock phrase enumerating 10 kinds of women M I 286 = III 46 = Vin III 139 = A V 264 = Vv-a 73. [BD]: Protected by the stick = symbolic: protected by the state. If caught having sex with such, subject to punishment (the stick). Possibly "Protected by the threat of punishment."