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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পৰা- (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬭᬵ- (Balinese script)
- পরা- (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰨𑰯- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀭𑀸- (Brahmi script)
- ပရာ- (Burmese script)
- પરા- (Gujarati script)
- ਪਰਾ- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌰𑌾- (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦫꦴ- (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂩𑂰- (Kaithi script)
- ಪರಾ- (Kannada script)
- បរា- (Khmer script)
- ປຣາ- (Lao script)
- പരാ- (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᡵᠠ᠊ᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘨𑘰- (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠷᠠᢗ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧈𑧑- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐬𑐵- (Newa script)
- ପରା- (Odia script)
- ꢦꢬꢵ- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆫𑆳- (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖨𑖯- (Siddham script)
- පරා- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩼𑩛- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚤𑚭- (Takri script)
- பரா- (Tamil script)
- పరా- (Telugu script)
- ปรา- (Thai script)
- པ་རཱ- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒩𑒰- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨫𑨊- (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
See पर (para).
Pronunciation
Prefix
परा- • (parā-)
- denotes the opposite, far, distant, beyond
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “परा-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 586/1, 589/1-2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 88-9