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parāṅ

(Pronominal-)Adi

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

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. pära-

pära- (Pronominal-)Adi. fernergelegen, ferner, äußerst, höchst, jenseitig, überschüssig (u.a., RV +; mit teilpronominaler Flexion, AiGr II 585), m. Feind, Gegner (RV +); pare Adv. fernerhin, künftig (RV, ep. +). - Mi., dard., ni, pä. paraanderer, fremder, usw. (Tu 7793 [mit Verweisen); TuAdd 7193, 7799j.1). - Iir., aav. parähu- höheres Leben [enthaltend] (Y 46,19 - RV 1,140,8 dsum pdram "höhere Existenz’ [0.1 147, … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. pära-, p. 116]

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. &c. &c.

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.)

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. para (vol. 3, scan p. 342; entry #3810).

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