Parikha, Parikhā: 16 definitions
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Parikha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
India history and geography
Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Parikhā (परिखा) refers to the “mote” (of a city), according to Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—The Kuvalayamala (779 A.D.) is full of cultural material which gains in value because of the firm date of its composition. [...] Page 64. § 127: There is a description of the capital city of Taksila which seems to have been resounding with its fame during the 8th century, about 150 years after the visit of Yuan Chuang who found it in flourishing condition. The Kuvalayamālā describes Taksila with its deep mote (parikhā) and high city-walls and as a centre of Jainism where the samavasaraṇa of the first Tīrthaṃkara was being held.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryparikhā : (f.) a ditch; a moat.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryParikhā, (f.) (fr. pari+khan, cp. Epic Sk. parikhā) a ditch, trench, moat Vin. II, 154; D. I, 105 (ukkiṇṇa-parikha adj. with trenches dug deep, combined with okkhittapaligha; explained by khāta-parikha ṭhapita-paligha at DA. I, 274); M. I, 139 (saṅkiṇṇa° adj. with trenches filled, Ep. of an Arahant, combined with ukkhittapaligha)=A. III, 84 sq. = Nd2 284 C (spelt kkh); A. IV, 106 (nagara°); J. I, 240, 490; IV, 106 (ukkiṇṇ’antaraparikha); VI, 276, 432; Cp II. 13 (spelt kkh); Miln. 1 (gambhīra°); SnA 519 (°taṭa); PvA. 201 (°piṭṭhe), 261 (id.), 278 (id. , v. l. °parikkhāṭa-tīre). (Page 423)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryparikhā (परिखा).—f S A ditch surrounding a fort, palace, or mansion, a moat.
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parikhā (परिखा).—a P (Commonly parakhā) Other or strange--a person: novel or new--a thing.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishparikhā (परिखा).—f Other or strange.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryParikhā (परिखा).—
1) A moat, ditch, trench round a fort or town. Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.243.23; स वेलावप्रवलयां परिखीकृतसागराम् (sa velāvapravalayāṃ parikhīkṛtasāgarām) (urvī śaśāsa) R.1.3;12.66; तस्य परिखास्तिस्रो दण्डान्तराः कारयेत् (tasya parikhāstisro daṇḍāntarāḥ kārayet) Kau. A.2.2.21.
2) The bottom, depth; (fig.) root; बुद्धिर्ममैषा परिखास्थितस्य माभूद्विचारस्तव धर्मपुत्र (buddhirmamaiṣā parikhāsthitasya mābhūdvicārastava dharmaputra) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.167.39 (parikhāsthita impregnable).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryParikha (परिख).—(-parikha), ifc. [bahuvrīhi] (= Sanskrit parigha, Pali usually paligha, once palikha, Geiger 39.2, where kh is explained as dialectic for gh; another possible explanation would [Page321-b+ 71] be confusion with Sanskrit and Pali parikhā, ditch, trench), obstacle; chiefly in [compound] utkṣipta-p°, with obstacles removed: Lalitavistara 428.16 (prose), Lefm. em. °parikheda, but mss. clearly tho corruptly point to °parikha, confirmed by Mahāvastu iii.225.6; Samādhirājasūtra p. 28 line 13; also udīrṇa-p° Samādhirājasūtra p. 28, line 14.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryParikhā (परिखा).—f.
(-khā) A moat, a ditch surrounding a fort or a town, &c. E. pari round, khan to dig, aff. ḍa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryParikhā (परिखा).—i. e. pari-kha (vb. khan), f. A moat, a ditch surrounding a fort or town, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 196.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryParikhā (परिखा).—[feminine] a ditch or trench round a town.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Parikhā (परिखा):—[=pari-khā] [from pari-khan] f. (once [in the beginning of a compound] kha, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]) a moat, ditch, trench or fosse round a town or fort (also applied to the sea surrounding the earth), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] Name of a village in the North country [gana] palady-ādi (iv, 2, 110)
3) Pārikha (पारिख):—[=pāri-kha] [from pāri] ([from] pari-khā) [gana] palady-ādi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryParikhā (परिखा):—[pari-khā] (khā) 1. f. A moat, a ditch.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Parikhā (परिखा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Parihā, Phalihā.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryParikhā (परिखा):—(nf) a moat, trench or fosse around a town or fort.
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Starts with: Parikha-aya, Parikhacita, Parikhama, Parikhamdita, Parikhan, Parikhana, Parikhanda, Parikhandana, Parikhandaya, Parikhandayati, Parikhanitva, Parikharj, Parikhasthita, Parikhata, Parikhattu, Parikhaviya, Parikhaya, Parikhaṇati, Parikhaṇi.
Ends with: Kaddamaparikha, Sankinnaparikha.
Full-text (+11): Parikheya, Phaliha, Parikhasthita, Parikhikrita, Parikhiya, Parikha-aya, Phalihi, Sugamya, Abhinigudha, Sankinnaparikha, Kaddamaparikha, Parikhaṇati, Tipu, Pari, Palikhaṇati, Pariha, Ashtabhoga-tejahsvamya-dandashulka-yukta, Asahya, Nava-nidhana-sahita, Nidhi.
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