Pāli Dictionary

parikkhā1

pariprefixkhaṇrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

khaṇ1တူး

general

  • မြေတူးမြောင်း; မြို့ရိုးမြောင်း

  • a ditch; trench; moat (dug around, as a defensive fortification)

  • AN 7.67

    seyyathā'pi rañño paccantime nagare parikkhā hoti gambhīrā c'eva vitthatā ca evam'evaṃ kho ariyasāvako hirīmā hoti, hirīyati kāyaduccaritena vacīduccaritena manoduccaritena

parikkhā2

pariprefixīkṣrootāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

ikkh1မြင်; ကြည့်

Synonyms

upaparikkhā, samannesanā

general

  • စူးစမ်းစစ်ဆေးခြင်း; ဆင်ခြင်ခြင်း

  • investigation; examination; inspection; testing

parikkhati

approximate

pariprefixikkharoottisuffix

via inflected form parikkha · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

ikkh1မြင်; ကြည့်

Synonyms

passati, tīreti, vīmaṃsati, vicināti, upaparikkhati, upavicarati, samannesati, pavicinati,

mind

  • စစ်ဆေးသည်; စဉ်းစားသည်

  • investigates; examines; considers; looks at

  • AN 3.57

    yāsu kāsuci etāsu, danto jāyati puṅgavo, dhorayho balasampanno, kalyāṇajavanikkamo, tam'eva bhāre yuñjanti, n'āssa vaṇṇaṃ parikkhare.

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