parā́yaṇa n. (for 2. See p. 590, col. 3) final end or aim, last resort or refuge, principal object, chief matter, essence, summary (°ṇaṃ-√ kṛ, to do one's utmost), [ŚBr.]; [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.
(in medic.) a universal medicine, panacea, [Car.]
a religious order or division, [W.]
(ifc.; f(A). ) making anything one's chief object, wholly devoted or destined to, engaged in, intent upon, filled or occupied with, affected or possessed by (-tā f., [Daś.]), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
parā́yaṇa mf(A)n. violent, strong (as pain), [MBh. i, 8367] ([Nīlak.])
principal, being the chief object or final aim, [ib.]
dependent on (gen.), [R.]
leading or conducive to (gen.), [MBh.]
parā́yaṇa m. N. of a pupil of Yājñavalkya, [VāyuP.]
n. (parā + √ i) going away, departure or way of departure, final end, last resort, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] (cf. 1. , p. 587.)