lamentation, wailing MN.i.200; SN.ii.1; SN.iii.3 sq. AN.i.144; AN.ii.195; Snp.328, Snp.592, Snp.811, Snp.923, Snp.969; Ja.i.146; Ja.vi.188, Ja.vi.498; Mnd.128, Mnd.134, Mnd.370, Mnd.492; Pts.i.11 sq., Pts.i.38 Pts.i.59, Pts.i.65; Vb.100, Vb.137; Ne.29. It is exegetically paraphrased at DN.ii.306 = Cnd.416 (under pariddava) with synonyms ādeva p. ādevanā paridevanā ādevitattaṃ paridevitattaṃ; often combined with soka grief, e.g. at DN.i.36; Snp.862; Iti.89; Pv-a.39, Pv-a.61
■ Bdhgh at DN-a.i.121 explains it as “sokaṃ nissita-lālappana-lakkhaṇo p.”
pari + deva of div, devati; only in one passage of Epic Sk. (Mbhār. vii.3014); otherwise paridevana nt.