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Parikriyā (परिक्रिया).—

1) Enclosing with a fence or ditch, intrenching.

2) Encircling or surrounding in general.

3) (In dramaturgy) = परिकर (parikara) (7) q. v.

4) Attention, attending to; गृहार्थोऽग्निपरिक्रिया (gṛhārtho'gniparikriyā) Manusmṛti 2.67.

5) Exercise, enjoyment; राज्यपरिक्रिया (rājyaparikriyā).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parikriyā (परिक्रिया).—f.

(-yā) 1. Enclosing, surrounding with a fence or ditch, &c., intrenching. 2. Attention. E. pari round about, kriyā making.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parikriyā (परिक्रिया).—i. e. pari-kṛ + yā, f. Attention to.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Parikriyā (परिक्रिया):—[=pari-kriyā] [from pari-kṛ] a f. surrounding, inclosing, intrenching, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] attending to, care of ([compound]; cf. agni-parikriyā)

3) [v.s. ...] exercise, practice, enjoyment (cf. rājya-parik)

4) [v.s. ...] (in [dramatic language]) illusion to future action (= parikara), [Daśarūpa]

5) [=pari-kriyā] b See pari-kṛ.

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

Parikriyā (परिक्रिया):—[pari-kriyā] (yā) 1. f. Enclosing, surrounding with a fence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Parikriyā (परिक्रिया):—(von 1. kar mit pari) f.

1) Umschliessung [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 20.] —

2) Pflege: agni [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 2, 67.] pariṣkriyā ed. Calc. —

3) = parikara [5.] [DAŚAR. 1, 25.]

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Parikriyā (परिक्रिया):—

2) rājya Ausübung der Herrscherwürde [Spr. (II) 3489.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Parikriyā (परिक्रिया):—f. —

1) *Umschliessung. —

2) Pflege (des Feuers). pariṣkriyā v.l. —

3) Ausübung (der Herrscherwürde). —

4) = parikara 6).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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: Kriya, Pari.

Full-text: Agniparikriya, Rajyaparikriya, Parikkiriyai, Parikri, Parishkriya, Parisarpa, Parikara.

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