paripantha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀧𑀦𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• परिपन्थ (Devanagari script)
• পরিপন্থ (Bengali script)
• පරිපන්‍ථ (Sinhalese script)
• ပရိပန္ထ or ပရိပၼ္ထ or ပရိပၼ်ထ (Burmese script)
• ปริปนฺถ or ปะริปันถะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩁᩥᨷᨶ᩠ᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຣິປນ຺ຖ or ປະຣິປັນຖະ (Lao script)
• បរិបន្ថ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄚𑄴𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology

pari- +‎ pantha

Noun

paripantha m

1. edge of the road (a place of ambush)
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[1], page 90:

     17. ‘‘එවං වුත‍්තෙ භන‍්තෙ පූරණො කස‍්සපො මං එතදවොච: කරොතො ඛො මහාරාජ කාරයතො ඡින්‍දතො ඡෙදාපයතො පචතො පාචයතො සොචයතො සොචාපයතො කිලමයතො කිලමාපයතො ඵන්‍දයතො ඵන්‍දාපයතො පාණමතිපාතයතො අදින‍්නං ආදියතො සන්‍ධිං ඡින්‍දතො නිල‍්ලොපං හරතො එකාගාරිකං කරොතො පරිපන්‍ථෙ තිට‍්ඨතො පරදාරං ගච‍්ඡතො මුසා භණතො කරොතො න කරීයති පාපං.

     17. ‘‘Evaṃ vutte, bhante, pūraṇo kassapo maṃ etadavoca: ‘karoto kho, mahārāja, kārayato, chindato chedāpayato, pacato pācayato, socayato socāpayato, kilamayato kilamāpayato, phandayato phandāpayato, pāṇamatipātayato, adinnaṃ ādiyato, sandhiṃ chindato, nillopaṃ harato, ekāgārikaṃ karoto, paripanthe tiṭṭhato, paradāraṃ gacchato, musā bhaṇato, karoto na karīyati pāpaṃ.

     17. Then, Lord, Pūrana Kassapa said to meː “To him who acts, O king, or causes another to act, to him who mutilates or causes another to mutilate, to him who burns or causes another to burn, to him who causes grief or torment, to him who causes weariness or causes another to cause weariness, to him who agitates or causes another to agitate, to him who kills a living creature, who takes what is not given, who breaks into houses, who commits dacoity, or robbery, or highway robbery, or adultery, or who speaks lies, to him thus acting there is no guilt.

2. danger
3. obstacle

Declension

Declension table of "paripantha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	paripantho	paripanthā
Accusative (second)	paripanthaṃ	paripanthe
Instrumental (third)	paripanthena	paripanthehi or paripanthebhi
Dative (fourth)	paripanthassa or paripanthāya or paripanthatthaṃ	paripanthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	paripanthasmā or paripanthamhā or paripanthā	paripanthehi or paripanthebhi
Genitive (sixth)	paripanthassa	paripanthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	paripanthasmiṃ or paripanthamhi or paripanthe	paripanthesu
Vocative (calling)	paripantha	paripanthā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “paripantha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead