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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for परा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पराparāind.A prefix to verbs and nouns in the sense of 'away, back, in an inverted order, aside, towards'. According to…
    1. A prefix to verbs and nouns in the sense of 'away, back, in an inverted order, aside, towards'. According to G. M. the senses of परा are:
    2. killing, injuring & (पराहत).
    3. going (परागत).
    4. seeing, encountering (परादृष्ट).
    5. prowess (पराक्रान्त).
    6. direction towards (परावृत्त).
    7. excess (पराजित).
    8. dependence (पराधीन).
    9. liberation (पराकृत).
    10. inverted order, backwards (पराङ्मुख).
    11. setting aside, disregarding.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पराparāf. a foreign country, abroad (?) Katha1s.
    1. feminine a foreign country, abroad (?) Katha1s.
    2. feminine a species of plant Lexicographers
    3. feminine Name of a sound in the first of its 4 stages Lexicographers
    4. feminine a particular measure of time Sa1y.
    5. feminine Name of a river MBh. VP. (varia lectio पारा, वेणा, वेण्णा)
    6. feminine of a goddess (confer, compare sub voce, the word in the Sanskrit order)
    7. feminine highest point or degree ibidem
    8. feminine final beatitude Lexicographers (also -तरम् and परात् पर-तरम्)
    9. feminine the number 10,000,000,000 (as the full age of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा) VP.
    10. feminine Name of particular Sa1mans सामन् s Ka1t2h.
    11. feminine any chief matter or paramount object (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' [f(आ).] having as the chief object, given up to, occupied with, engrossed in, intent upon, resting on, consisting of, serving for, synonymous with etc. MBh. Ka1v. etc.)
    12. feminine the wider or more extended or remoter meaning of a word Jaim. Kull.
    13. feminine (in logic) genus
    14. feminine existence (regarded as the common property of all things) W.
    15. (for 2. see column 2) feminine of पर in compound
    16. (for 1. see column 1) . indeclinable away, off, aside, along, on, (Latin per; it occurs only in -तरम् and -वत्, and as a prefix to nouns and verbs; it is probably akin to पर, परस्, प्र .)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. पराparā[párâ] ad. backward, away, forth, off (verbal prp. and nominal prefix).

    [párâ] adverb, -ial, -ially backward, away, forth, off (verbal preposition and nominal prefix).

    Source: Macdonell

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