Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

See पर (para).

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

परा- (parā-)

  1. denotes the opposite, far, distant, beyond

References edit

  • 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]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 88-9