adjective noun high & low, far & near; pl. in sense of “all kinds” (cp. uccâvaca). The word is found only in the Sutta Nipāta, viz. Snp.353 (variant reading BB varāvaraṃ, varovaraṃ; explained as “lokuttara-lokiya-vasena su̇ndar âsundaraṃ dūre-santikaṃ vā” Snp-a.350), Snp.475 (˚ā dhammā; variant reading BB paroparā; explained as “parâvarā sundar’ âsundarā, parā vā bāhirā aparā ajjhattikā Snp-a.410), Snp.704 (kāme parovare; variant reading BB paropare explained as sundare ca asundare ca pañca kāmaguṇe Snp-a.493), Snp.1048 (reading paroparāni Cnd; see expln Cnd.422#b; explained as “parāni ca orāni ca, par’ attabhāva-sak’ attabhāv’ ādīni parāni ca orāni ca” Snp-a.590), Snp.1148 (paroparaṃ Cnd; see Cnd.422#a; explained as “hīna-ppaṇītaṃ” Snp-a.607)
■ Note. Already in RV we find para contrasted with avara or upara; para denoting the farther, higher or heavenly sphere, avara or upara the lower or earthly sphere: see e.g. RV i.128, 3; i.164, 12
■ On paropara see further Wackernagel Altind. Gr. ii.121 d.
para + avara, sometimes through substitution of apa for ava also paropara. We should expect a form *parora as result of contraction: see Cnd.p.13