परा

See also: पूरा

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• parā (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• পরা (Bengali script)
• පරා (Sinhalese script)
• ပရာ or ပရႃ (Burmese script)
• ปรา or ปะรา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຣາ or ປະຣາ (Lao script)
• បរា (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Adjective

परा (parā)

1. Devanagari script form of parā, which is inflection of पर:
   1. masculine/neuter ablative singular
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative plural (para, “other”)

Sanskrit

Adjective

परा • (parā)

1. feminine singular nominative of पर (para)

Noun

परा • (parā) stem, f

1. foreign country (Kathās.)
2. (botany) a type of plant (L.)
3. name of a sound in the first of its four stages (L.)
4. a measure of time (Sāy.)
5. name of Venna River (MBh., VP.)
6. name of a goddess
7. highest point (MBh.)
8. final beautitude (L.)
9. ten billion (VP.)
10. name of some particular sāmans (Kāṭh.)
11. extended meaning of a word
12. logical type
13. existence (W.)
14. esoteric Vedanta doctrine

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of परा
Nom. sg.	परा (parā)
Gen. sg.	परायाः (parāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	परा (parā)	परे (pare)	पराः (parāḥ)
Vocative	परे (pare)	परे (pare)	पराः (parāḥ)
Accusative	पराम् (parām)	परे (pare)	पराः (parāḥ)
Instrumental	परया (parayā)	पराभ्याम् (parābhyām)	पराभिः (parābhiḥ)
Dative	परायै (parāyai)	पराभ्याम् (parābhyām)	पराभ्यः (parābhyaḥ)
Ablative	परायाः (parāyāḥ)	पराभ्याम् (parābhyām)	पराभ्यः (parābhyaḥ)
Genitive	परायाः (parāyāḥ)	परयोः (parayoḥ)	परानाम् (parānām)
Locative	परायाम् (parāyām)	परयोः (parayoḥ)	परासु (parāsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “परा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0586.