Paricārika (adj. -- n.)=paricāraka (servant, attendant) A v.263 (aggi˚ fire -- worshipper); Pv ii.620 (amacca˚ minister & attendant); ThA 267; SnA 597. -- f.˚carikā (1) a maid -- servant, handmaiden, nurse, (personal) attendant M i.253; cp. S i.125; J i.204 (pāda˚), 291; ii.395; iv.35 (veyyāvacca -- kārikā p.), 79;v.420; Pv ii.126 (=veyyāvacca -- kārinī PvA 157); PvA 46. -- (2) care, attention; pleasure, pastime (so here, probably another form of paricāriyā) Pv iv.12(=indriyānaŋ pariharaṇā PvA 219; gloss ˚cāraṇā).