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paraपरpára 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.]
in comp. for °ras.
paraḥपरःin comp. for °ras.
paraśपरश्in comp. for °ras.
paramपरम्páram (am), ind. afterwards, later
(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.]
parasपरस्parás ind. beyond, further, off, away
in future, afterwards
(as prep. with acc.) on the other side of, beyond, higher or more than
(with instr.) id. (also pará enā́ or enā́ paráḥ)
without
(with abl.) beyond, on the other side of (also enā́ paráḥ)
exclusive of, except, without
(with loc.) over, more than (only triṃśáti tráyas paráḥ, three more than thirty i.e. 33), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
(often in comp. with numerals to express a surplus or superiority; cf. prec. and under paraḥ).
parabhūपरभूpara—bhū in
paraṇaपरणmfn. (√ 1. pṛ) crossing (cf. aritra-)
n. w.r. for pāraṇa, reading, [Hariv.]
N. of a town, [Cat.]
paraśaपरशm. a species of gem, [BrahmaP.]
paraśuपरशुparaśú m. a hatchet, axe, the axe of a woodcutter
([Naigh. ii, 20]) a thunderbolt, [RV.] &c. &c.
N. of a king, [MBh.]
w.r. for parśu, q.v. [cf. Gk. πέλεκυς, πέλεκκον, &c.]
parajaपरजpara—ja mfn. being behind another, inferior, [Kāṭh.]
coming from a foe, [MBh.]
parakaपरकifc. = para, ‘the following sound or word’, e.g. iti-śabda-p°, followed by the word iti, [Pāṇ.], Sch.
paramaपरमparamá 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.
parameपरमेloc. of °ma in comp.
pararuपररुm. a species of pot-herb, [L.] (v.l. pavaru).
paratāपरताpara—tā f. highest degree, absoluteness, (ifc.) the being quite devoted to or intent upon, [Bhāṣāp.]; [Rājat.]
parabhṛtपरभृत्para—bhṛt mfn. nourishing another, [BhP.]
para—bhṛt m. a crow, [L.] (cf. next).
paraśrīपरश्रीpara—śrī f. another's good fortune, [Siṃhās.]
parahanपरहन्para—han m. ‘foe-killer’, N. of a prince, [MBh.]
paramamपरमम्paramám (am), ind. yes, very well
parasmaiपरस्मैdat., of para in comp. (cf. ātmane and [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 8]).
paraspāपरस्पाparas—pā́ m. a protector, protecting, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚrS.]
paraspaपरस्पparás—pa (°rás), mfn. protecting
parás—pa n. ([VS.]) = -tvá n. ([ŚBr.]) protection.
parasvaपरस्वpara—sva n. sg. or pl. another's property, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
para—sva mfn. = sarvasva-bhūta, [MantraBr.], Sch.
paratasपरतस्para—tas ind. = abl. of para, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
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.
beyond, above (in rank), [Bhag.]; [Kām.]
otherwise, differently, [W.]
paratraपरत्रpara—tra ind. elsewhere, in another place, in a future state or world, hereafter, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
below i.e. in the sequel (of a book), [Vop.], Sch.
paratvaपरत्वpara—tvá n. distance, remoteness, consequence, posteriority, difference, strangeness, superiority to (gen.), [Āpast.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.] &c.
= -tā, [Kap.]
parauruपरउरुpará—uru (°rá-), mf(vI)n. broad on the outside or behind, [ŚBr.] (cf. paro-varīyas).
paravatपरवत्para—vat ind. like a stranger, [Kathās.]
para—vat mfn. subject to or dependent on (instr., gen. loc. or comp.), subservient, obedient, [MBh.]; [Kālid.]
helpless, destitute, [Mālatīm. viii, 9/10]
parabhāgaपरभागpara—bhāga m. superior power or merit, excellence, supremacy, [Kālid.] (-tā f.), [Pañc.]; [Kathās.]
good fortune, prosperity, [L.]
the last part, remainder, [W.]
parabhāvaपरभावpara—bhāva mf(A)n. loving another, [MBh.]
para—bhāva m. the being subsequent or second member in a compound, [Pat.] (cf. -bhūta).
parabhāṣāपरभाषाpara—bhāṣā f. a foreign language, [L.]
parabhūmiपरभूमिpara—bhūmi f. a foreign or hostile country
parabhūtaपरभूतpara—bhūta mfn. following or subsequent (said of words), [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 36.]
parabhṛtāपरभृताpara—bhṛtā f. the female Kokila, [ib.]
parabhṛtaपरभृतpara—bhṛta m. ‘nourished by another’, the Kokila or Indian cuckoo (supposed to leave its eggs to be hatched by the crow), [Kāv.]
paradhanaपरधनpara—dhana n. another's wealth, [VP.]
paraśavaपरशव([L.]) and paraśa°vya ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 168]), mfn. fr. paraśu (cf. pāraśavya).
paraśivaपरशिवpara—śiva m. N. of an author of Mantras, [Cat.]
paraśuciपरशुचिpara—śuci m. N. of a son of Manu Auttama, [MārkP.]
paraśvanपरश्वन्paraśvat or , m. a kind of snake, [KauṣUp.], Sch. (cf. next).
paraśvasपरश्वस्para—śvas ind. the day after to-morrow, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (cf. paraḥ-śvas under paras).
paraśvatपरश्वत्or paraśvan, m. a kind of snake, [KauṣUp.], Sch. (cf. next).
parabalaपरबलpara—bala n. the foe's army, [Mn. vii, 174.]
paradāraपरदारpara—dāra m. sg. or pl. another's wife or wives, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
adultery, [Gaut. xxii, 29]
paradeśaपरदेशpara—deśa m. another or a foreign or a hostile country (opp. to sva-d°), [Var.]; [Kāṭh.]; [Pañc.]
paradoṣaपरदोषpara—doṣa in -kīrtana n. the proclaiming of another's faults, censoriousness, [W.]
paragataपरगतpara—gata mfn. being with or relating to another, [MBh.]
paraguṇaपरगुणpara—guṇa (ibc.) the virtues of another (-grāhin mfn. assuming them), [Kāv.]
para—guṇa mfn. beneficial to another or to a foe, [R.]
parahitaपरहितpara—hita mfn. friendly, benevolent, [W.]
para—hita n. another's welfare, [Bhartṛ.]
parajātaपरजातpara—jāta m. ‘born of another’, a stranger or servant, [L.] (v.l. -jita, ‘conquered by another’).
parajanaपरजनpara—jana m. another person, a stranger
(coll.) strangers (opp. to sva-j°), [Mn. xi, 9.]
parakālaपरकालpara—kāla mfn. relating to a later time, mentioned later (opp. to pūrva-), [VPrāt.]
parakīyāपरकीयाf. another's wife or a woman dependent on others (-tva n.), [Sāh.]
parakīyaपरकीयmf(A)n. belonging to another or a stranger, strange, hostile (-tā f.), [Mn.] (nipāna n. a tank belonging to another, [iv, 201]), [Śak.]; [Kām.]
parakathāपरकथाpara—kathā f. pl. talk about another, [Bhartṛ.]
parakṛtiपरकृतिpara—kṛti f. the action or history of another, an example or precedent, [Nyāyam.], Sch.; [Kull.]
parakulaपरकुलpara—kula m. an otter, [L.]
paralokaपरलोकpara—loka m. the other or future world, [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
paramāṇuपरमाणुm. an infinitesimal particle or atom (30 are said to form a mote in a sun-beam), [Yājñ.]; [Yogas.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. bhṛtya-p°)
the passing of a sun-beam past an atom of matter, [Pur.]
n. 1/8 of a Mātrā, [VPrāt.]
paramāhaपरमाहm. an excellent day, [L.]
paramāraपरमारpara—māra m. N. of a son of the Ṛṣi Śaunaka and ancestor of Bhoja-deva, [Inscr.]; [Cat.] (cf. -mṛtyu).
paramaṇiपरमणिpara—maṇi m. ‘excellent jewel’, N. of a prince, [Kathārṇ.]
paramadaपरमदpara—mada m. highest degree of intoxication, [ŚārṅgS.]
paramajāपरमजाparama—jā́ f. = prakṛti, [TS.], Sch. (prob. corrupted).
paramakaपरमकmf(ikA)n. the most excellent, highest, best, greatest, extreme, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (w.r. pār° and paramika).
paramatāपरमताparamá—tā (°má-), f. highest position or rank
highest end or aim, [ŚBr.]
paramataपरमतpara—mata n. a different opinion or doctrine, heterodoxy, [W.]
parameśaपरमेशm. the supreme lord, Supreme Being, N. of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]
parapākaपरपाकpara—pāka m. another's food or meal, [Mn.] &c.
parapadaपरपदpara—pada n. the highest position, final emancipation, [Mahān.]
pararūpaपररूपpara—rūpa n. the following or subsequent sound (-tva n.), [Pāṇ.]; [Sāy.]
parasevāपरसेवाpara—sevā f. service of another, [Kathās.]
parastātपरस्तात्páras—tāt (pár°), ind. further away, further on, towards (opp. to avastāt, arvāk; with gen.) beyond, above, [RV.] &c. &c.
from afar off, from before or behind, [Br.]
aside, apart, [ib.]
hereafter, afterwards, later (opp. to pūrvam), [RV.]; &c.
parastrīपरस्त्रीpara—strī f. the wife of another or an unmarried woman depending on another, [Sāh.]
parasvatपरस्वत्párasvat m. (prob.) the wild ass, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [Nyāyam.] (cf. prec. and pārasvata).
paratamaपरतमpara—tama and para—tara, mfn. superl. and compar. of para.
parataraपरतरpara—tama and para—tara, mfn. superl. and compar. of para.
paravāṇiपरवाणिpara—vāṇi m. ([L.]) a judge
a year
N. of Kārttikeya's peacock.
paravādaपरवादpara—vāda m. the talk of others, popular rumour or report, slander, [Pañc.]; [ŚārṅgP.]
objection, controversy, [Sāṃkhyak.]
paravaśaपरवशpara—vaśa mfn. subject to another's will, subdued or ruled by (comp.), subservient, obedient, [Mn.]; [Pañc.]; [Hit.]
parabhāgyaपरभाग्यpara—bhāgya n. another's wealth or prosperity, [W.]
parabhṛtyaपरभृत्यpara—bhṛtya mfn. to be nourished or supported by another (-tva n.), [Hariv.]; [R.]
paradharmaपरधर्मpara—dharma m. another's duty or business, the duties of another caste, [Mn.]; [BhP.]
another's peculiarity (-tva n.), [Kap.]
paradhyānaपरध्यानpara—dhyāna n. intent meditation, [W.]
paraḥśataपरःशतparaḥ—śatá mf(A/)n. pl. more than 100 [ŚBr.]; [Kāṭh.]; [MBh.]
containing more than 100 verses, [TBr.]
paraḥśvasपरःश्वस्paraḥ—śvas ind. = para-śv°, [L.]
paraṃtapaपरंतपpara—ṃ-tapa mfn. destroying foes (said of heroes), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
para—ṃ-tapa m. N. of a son of Manu Tāmasa, [Hariv.]
of a prince of Magadha, [Ragh.]
paraśaktiपरशक्तिpara—śakti m. N. of an author of Mantras, [Cat.]
paraśavyaपरशव्यparaśava ([L.]) and paraśa°vya ([Pāṇ. iv, 1, 168]), mfn. fr. paraśu (cf. pāraśavya).
paraśumatपरशुमत्paraśu—mát mfn. having an axe, [RV.]
paraśvadhaपरश्वधm. (ifc. f(A). ) a hatchet, axe, [MBh.]; [Var.]; [Kāv.] &c. (also written parasv°).
paracakraपरचक्रpara—cakra n. the army of a foe, [MBh.]; [Var.] (Sch. ‘a hostile prince’)
paracintāपरचिन्ताpara—cintā f. thinking of or caring for another, [Kāv.]
paradārinपरदारिन्para—dārin m. one who takes or approaches or enjoys another's wife or wives, an adulterer, [R.]
paradeśinपरदेशिन्para—de°śin mfn. foreign, exotic
para—de°śin m. a foreigner or a traveller, [ib.]
paradrohaपरद्रोहpara—droha m. injuring another, [ŚārṅgP.]
paraduḥkhaपरदुःखpara—duḥkha n. another's pain or sorrow, [W.]
paragāminपरगामिन्para—gāmin mfn. id., [Pāṇ. i, 3, 72.]
paraglāniपरग्लानिpara—glāni f. the subjugation of a foe, [W.]
parahaṃsaपरहंसpara—haṃsa m. = parama-h°, [Cat.]