pára mf(A)n. (√ pṛ; abl. sg. m. n. párasmāt, °rāt; loc. párasmin, °re; nom. pl. m. páre, °rās, °rāsas; cf. [Pāṇ. i, 1, 34]; [vii, 1, 16]; [50]) far, distant, remote (in space), opposite, ulterior, farther than, beyond, on the other or farther side of, extreme
previous (in time), former
ancient, past
later, future, next
following, succeeding, subsequent
final, last
exceeding (in number or degree), more than
better or worse than, superior or inferior to, best or worst, highest, supreme, chief (in the compar. meanings [where also -tara], with abl., rarely gen. or ifc.; exceptionally paraṃ śatam, more than a hundred lit. ‘an excessive hundred, a hundred with a surplus’, [R.] ; parāḥ koṭayaḥ, [Prab.]; [Hcat.]), [RV.] &c. &c.
strange, foreign, alien, adverse, hostile, [ib.]
other than, different from (abl.), [Prab.]
left, remaining, [Kathās.]
concerned or anxious for (loc.), [R.]
pára m. another (different from one's self), a foreigner, enemy, foe, adversary, [RV.] &c. &c.
a following letter or sound (only ifc. mfn., e.g. ta-para, having t as the following letter, followed by t), [RPrāt.]; [Pāṇ.]
(scil. graha) a subsidiary Soma-graha, [TS.]
N. of a king of Kosala with the patr. Āṭṇāra, [Br.]
of another king, [MBh.]
of a son of Samara, [Hariv.]
(sc. prāsāda) of the palace of Mitravindā, [ib.]
pára m. or n. the Supreme or Absolute Being, the Universal Soul, [Up.]; [R.]; [Pur.]
pára n. remotest distance, [MBh.]
highest point or degree, [ib.]
final beatitude, [L.] (also -taram and parāt para-taram)
the number 10,000,000,000 (as the full age of Brahmā), [VP.]
N. of partic. Sāmans, [Kāṭh.]
pára n. any chief matter or paramount object (ifc. [f(A). ] having as the chief object, given up to, occupied with, engrossed in, intent upon, resting on, consisting of, serving for, synonymous with &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.)
the wider or more extended or remoter meaning of a word, [Jaim.]; [Kull.]
(in logic) genus
existence (regarded as the common property of all things), [W.]
[cf. Zd. para; Gk. πέρᾱ, πέρᾱν; Lat. peren-die; Goth. faírra; Germ. fern; Eng. far and fore.]
(with abl.) beyond, after (e.g. paraṃ vijñānāt, beyond human knowledge; astam-ayāt p°, after sunset; mattaḥ p°, after me; ataḥ p° or param ataḥ, after this, farther on, hereafter, next; itaḥ p°, henceforward, from now; tataḥ p° or tataś ca p°, after that, thereupon; nāsmāt p° [for māsmāt p°], no more of this, enough), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
in a high degree, excessively, greatly, completely, [ib.]
rather, most willingly, by all means, [ib.]
I will, so be it, [Divyāv.]
at the most, at the utmost, merely, no more than, nothing but, [ib.]
but, however, otherwise (paraṃ tu or paraṃ kiṃ tu id.; yadi p°, if at all, perhaps, at any rate; na-p°, not-but; na p°araṃ-api, not only-but also; paraṃ na-api na, not only not-but not even; na p°araṃ-yāvat, not only-but even), [ib.]
paramá mf(A)n. (superl. of pára) most distant, remotest, extreme, last, [RV.] &c. &c.
chief, highest, primary, most prominent or conspicuous
best, most excellent, worst (°meṇa cetasā, with all the heart; °ma-kaṇṭhena, ‘with all the throat’, roaring, speaking aloud), [ib.]
(with abl.) superior or inferior to, better or worse than, [MBh.]; [R.]
paramá m. N. of 2 authors, [Cat.]
paramá n. highest point, extreme limit (catur-viṃśati-p°, at the utmost 24), [MBh.] &c.
paramá n. chief part or matter or object (ifc. f(A). = consisting chiefly of, completely occupied with or devoted to or intent upon), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
paramá n. (also parama- in comp.; see below) very much, excessively, excellently, in the highest degree, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
farther, far off, afterwards, behind (itas-paratas, here-there; sapta puruṣān itaś ca paraś ca, seven ancestors and seven descendants, [Gaut.]; sani parataḥ, sc. sati, when san follows, [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 48], Sch.), [RPrāt.]; [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.
high above (in rank), [Rājat.]
(with prec. abl.) after (in time), [MBh.]; [Yājñ.] &c.