to spring forward, to jump on to MN.i.86; Ja.i.461; Vv.84#12 (ger. pakkhandiyāna = pakkhanditvā anupavisitvā Vv-a.338); to be after someone in pursuit Dhp-a.i.198; usually fig. to rejoice in, find pleasure or satisfaction in (loc.), to take to, in phrases cittaṃ pakkhandati pasīdati santiṭṭhati MN.i.186; SN.iii.133; cp. Mil.326 (nibbāne); AN.ii.165 AN.iii.245 (avyāpāde); AN.iv.442 (adukkha-m-asukhe); Iti.43 (dhamme); and na me tattha mānasaṃ p. Mil.135. pp. pakkhanna (q.v.).
pa + khandati, of skand