Alternative spellings of this word include Parichchhid.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paricchid (परिच्छिद्).—7 U.

1) To tear, cut off, tear to pieces.

2) To wound, mutilate.

3) To separate, divide, part; शतेन परिच्छिद्य (śatena paricchidya) Sk.

4) To fix accurately, set limits to, define, decide, distinguish or discriminate; मध्यस्था भगवती नौ गुणदोषतः परिच्छेत्तुमर्हति (madhyasthā bhagavatī nau guṇadoṣataḥ paricchettumarhati) M.1; (na) यशः परिच्छेत्तु- मियत्तयालम् (yaśaḥ paricchettu- miyattayālam) R.6.77;17.59; Kumārasambhava 2.58.

5) To avert, obviate, remedy.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Paricchid (परिच्छिद्):—[=pari-cchid] (√chid; [infinitive mood] -cchettum [indeclinable participle] -cchidya),

—to cut on both sides, clip round, cut through or off or to pieces, mutilate, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Lāṭyāyana; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to mow or reap (corn), [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha];

—to limit on all sides, define or fix accurately, discriminate, decide, determine, [Kāvya literature; Pañcatantra; Purāṇa];

—to separate, divide, part, [Siddhānta-kaumudī];

—to avert, obviate, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Paricchid (परिच्छिद्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paricchiṃda, Palicchiṃda.

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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.

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Partial matches: Pari.

Starts with: Paricchidya.

Full-text: Paricchinnatva, Paricchedatita, Paricchedavyakti, Paricchedakula, Paricchedakara, Paricchedaka, Paricchimda, Paricchedana, Paricchitti, Palicchimda, Paricchedya, Paricchinna, Pariccheda.

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