परिकर [ parikara ] [ pari-kara ] m. f. n. who or what helps or assists Lit. W.

   [ parikara ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) attendants , followers , entourage , retinue , train ( sg. and pl.) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

   m. multitude , abundance Lit. Bhartṛ. Lit. Bālar.

   a girth , zone , waist-band , (esp.) a girdle to keep up a garment ( [ °ram-√ bā4ndh ] , or [ °raṃ-√ kṛ ] , " to gird up one's loins , make preparations " , and so [ pari-kara ] = [ ārambha ] Lit. L.) Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Rājat.

   (in dram.) covert or indirect intimation of coming events in a plot , the germ of the Bīja Lit. Daśar.

   ( in rhet.) a partic. figure in which many significant epithets or adjectives are employed one after the other to give force to a statement Lit. Kpr. Lit. Sāh.