Pāli Dictionary

parivāra1

pariprefixvṛrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

var1cover; dress; restrain

Synonyms

parijana

general

  • retinue; entourage; followers; suite

  • accessories; trappings; ingredients, constituents (of something)

  • SN 3.11

    patirūpako mattikākuṇḍalo'va, loh'aḍḍhamāso'va suvaṇṇachanno, caranti loke parivārachannā, anto asuddhā bahi sobhamānā'ti.

monastic

  • Parivāra, Book 5 (the summary/appendix) of the Vinaya Piṭaka

parivāra2

pariprefixvṛroottasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pariyanta

general

  • surrounded; covered; encircled (by)

Encyclopedia

Parivāra
Text

  • The last book of the Vinaya Piṭaka, a nineteen-chapter digest of the rest of the Vinaya attributed to a monk named Dīpa, though the commentaries claim its core, the Soḷasa Parivāra, already existed at the First Council.

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