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saṅkiṇṇaparikkho

saṅkiṇṇaparikkha

masc nom sg of saṅkiṇṇaparikkha (adj)

1. who has filled the trench; who has covered the ditch

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Bringing things into one place; related to English 'same'.
• kir — root · scatter, strew
  The concrete image of spreading or throwing things; cognate with Sanskrit kiraṇa 'ray'.
• iṇ — ending · past participle marker
  Forms the past participle saṅkiṇṇa 'scattered together, filled'.
• pari — prefix · around, all the way round
  Indicates the circular boundary or perimeter; related to Greek peri- (perimeter).
• kh — root · space, opening
  A gap or hollow; parikkha is a trench as something that goes around a space.

Analysis. saṅkiṇṇa (past participle of saṅkirati 'fills, scatters together') + parikkha (noun, 'trench, ditch'). A metaphorical compound describing one who has blocked or filled the trench—the obstacle or boundary that separates. In doctrinal contexts, the trench (parikkha) represents the boundary of the five precepts or ethical restraint; filling it means overcoming that boundary.

Etymology. saṅkiṇṇa derives from saṁ- (together) + kirati (√kir 'scatter, strew'). Cognate with Sanskrit kiraṇa 'ray' and English 'shear'. The prefix saṁ- brings the sense of scattering together into one place, hence 'fills'. parikkha is related to pari- (around) + kha (space, opening), literally 'that which goes around'—a trench or ditch as a circular boundary.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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