feminine · parikhā 1 · parikhā 2
ditch
a ditch; a moat
Parikhā (feminine) [from pari + khan, cf. Epic Sanskrit parikhā] a ditch, trench, moat Vin II 154; D I 105 (ukkiṇṇa-parikha adjective with trenches dug deep, combined with okkhittapaligha; explained by khāta-parikha ṭhapita-paligha at Sv I 274); M I 139 (saṅkiṇṇa° adjective with trenches filled, epithet of an Arahant, combined with ukkhittapaligha) = A III 84 f. = Nidd II §284 C (spelt kkh); A IV 106 (nagara°); Ja I 240, 490; IV 106 (ukkiṇṇantaraparikha); VI 276, 432; Cp II 1, 3 (spelt -kkh-); {381} Miln 1 (gambhīra°); Pj II 519 (°taṭa); Pv-a 201 (°piṭṭhe), 261 (the same), 278 (the same, v.l. °parikkhāṭa-tīre).
(fem, fem, from parikhaṇati) ditch; trench ditch, moat [lit.] digging all around Construction: pari + √khaṇ + ā
(fem, fem, from parikhaṇati) moat [lit.] digging all around Construction: pari + √khaṇ + ā