- to serve, wait on, attend upon, honour, worship [cp. BSk. paricārayati Divy.114 sq., Divy.421] SN.i.124 (pāde); Dhp-a.iii.196 (id.); Ja.i.81 (˚cāritabba-ṭṭhāna place of worship); Ja.iv.274; Ja.v.9. Pass. paricāriyati, ppr. ˚iyamāna MN.i.46, MN.i.504; Ja.i.58 In this sense it may also be taken as “being delighted or entertained by.”
- to amuse oneself, gratify one’s senses, to have recreation, find pleasure [cp. BSk paricārayati Divy.1, and freq. phrase pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samarpitā samangibhūtā p. e.g. Mvu.i.32; Vin.ii.290; Vin.iii.72 (pañcahi kamaguṇehi samappitā etc.) DN.i.36 (id.), DN.i.104 (id.); MN.i.504 (id.); Thag.96 (saggesu) Pv.i.11#6 (= yathā sukkhaṃ cārenti indriyāni Pv-a.58), Pv.iv.1#29 (read ˚cārayanti for ˚vārayanti, cp. Pv-a.228 indriyāni p.)
pp paricārita q.v. See also parivāreti.
Caus. of paricarati