The corpus record — Sanskrit

parāṅ

(Pronominal-)Adi

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Distribution

Katha Upanisad 1 · 4.64/10k
Aitareya Upanisad 1 · 2.06/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

Senses

1. pära-

(Pronominal-)Adi

2. ةَرَ

1. para mf(ā)n. (√ 1. pṛ; abl. sg. m. n. parasmāt, rāt; loc. parasmin, re; nom. pl. m. pare, rās, rāsas; cf. Pāṇ. i, 1, 34 ; vii, 1, 16 ; 50 ) far, distant, remote (in space), opposite, ulterior, farther than, beyond, on the other or farther side of, extreme

3. ةَرَ

better or worse than, superior or inferior to, best or worst, highest, supreme, chief (in the compar. meanings [where also tara], with abl. , rarely gen. or ifc. ; exceptionally paraṃśatam, more than a hundred lit. ‘an excessive h˚ , a h˚ with a surplus’, R. ; parāḥkoṭayaḥ, Prab. ; Hcat. ), RV. &amp

4. parā

2. parā (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.)

Attestations

parāṅ Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,3.3
parāṅ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,4.1
parāṅ Katha Upanisad kau_4.1

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) vol. 3, scan p. 342; entry #3810 Review: Under source audit

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