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Pali
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)
- Devanagari script form of parā, which is inflection of पर:
- masculine/neuter ablative singular
- feminine nominative singular
- feminine nominative/accusative plural (para, “other”)
Sanskrit
Adjective
परा • (parā)
- feminine singular nominative of पर (para)
Noun
परा • (parā) stem, f
- foreign country (Kathās.)
- (botany) a type of plant (L.)
- name of a sound in the first of its four stages (L.)
- a measure of time (Sāy.)
- name of Venna River (MBh., VP.)
- name of a goddess
- highest point (MBh.)
- final beautitude (L.)
- ten billion (VP.)
- name of some particular sāmans (Kāṭh.)
- extended meaning of a word
- logical type
- existence (W.)
- esoteric Vedanta doctrine
Declension
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