pārāyanaṁ

neuter

1. (n.) final end, i.e. support, rest, relief SN.i.38; AN.i.155, AN.i.156 (tāṇa lena dīpa etc.); Ja.v.501 = Ja.vi.375 (dīpañ ca p.).
2. (adj. ˚)
   1. going through to, ending in, aiming at, given to, attached to, having one’s end or goal in; also: finding one’s support in (as daṇḍa leaning on a stick MN.i.88; AN.i.138), in foll. phrases prevalent: Amata˚ SN.v.217 sq.; tama˚ Pp.51; Nibbāna SN.iv.373; SN.v.218; brahmacariya˚ SN.i.234; Maccu˚ SN.v.217; sambodhi˚ DN.i.156; DN.ii.155; Pp.16. Cp. also Snp.1114 (tap˚ = tad˚, see Cnd.411); Mil.148 (ekantasoka˚); Dhp-a.i.28 (rodana, i.e. constantly weeping).
   2. destined to, having one’s next birth in., e.g. Avīci Ja.iii.454; Ja.iv.159; duggati˚ Pv-a.32; devaloka˚ Ja.i.218 brahmaloka˚ Ja.iii.396; Mil.234; sagga˚ Ja.vi.329; Pv-a.42, Pv-a.160; sugati˚ Pv-a.89 similarly nīlamañca˚ Pv.ii.2#5. See also pārāyana.

fr. parā + i, cp. Vedic parāyaṇa highest instance, also BSk. parāyaṇa e.g. Divy.57, Divy.327

neuter the highest (farthest) point, final aim, chief object, ideal; title of the last Vagga of the Sutta Nipāta AN.iii.401; Snp.1130; Cnd.438; Snp-a.163, Snp-a.370 Snp-a.604.

late Sk. pārāyaṇa, the metric form of parāyana