As a deity name
Name 548 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 79 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 349 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 543 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
परा · noun · feminine
चार प्रकार की वाणियों में पहली वाणी जो नादस्वरूपा और मूलाधार से निकली हुई मानी जाती है · वह विद्या जो ऐसी वस्तु का ज्ञान कराती है जो सब गोचर पदार्थो से परे हो । ब्रह्मविद्या । उपनिषद बिद्या · एक प्रकार का सामगान — Śabdasāgara
परा · adj
स्त्री॰ · जो सबसे परे हो · श्रेष्ठ । उत्तम — Śabdasāgara
परा · parā · prep.
(used at the beginning of compounds), Away, off; over, on; back, backward; inverted, reverse, sideways — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 234
परा · parā · s.m.
A body or line (of troops), rank, file, company, troop; a flock, herd (of animals) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 234
Cited formation "परा" is पर + -आ: पर means "on", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "परा" is परना + -आ: परना means "To swim", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "परा" is पर + -आ: पर means "on", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
. 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.)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "parā" is the feminine form of "para" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "parā" is the nominative of "parīman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
parā (ā), f. a foreign country, abroad (?), Kathās.
a species of plant, L.
N. of a sound in the first of its 4 stages, L.
a partic. measure of time, Sāy.
N. of a river, MBh.; VP. (v.l. pārā, veṇā, veṇṇā)
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
previous (in time), former
parīman n. (√ pṝ ?), bounty, plenty
Alternative readings
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