párā (ā), f. a foreign country, abroad (?), [Kathās.]
a species of plant, [L.]
N. of a sound in the first of its 4 stages, [L.]
a partic. measure of time, [Sāy.]
N. of a river, [MBh.]; [VP.] (v.l. pārā, veṇā, veṇṇā)
of a goddess (cf. s.v.)
(for 2. See col. 2) f. of para in comp.
párā (for 1. See col. 1). ind. away, off, aside, along, on, (Lat. per; it occurs only in -taram and -vat, and as a prefix to nouns and verbs; it is prob. akin to para, paras, pra.)