parā परा – away; forth; back

Original text · English · adverb

párā ·adv. (only °-- in subst. & verbs) away, off, forth.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

parā parā (connected with para, paras, and pra, probably an old inst. sing. of para, and used as an indeclinable and inseparable prefix to verbs and nouns in the sense of) away, off; back, backward; inverted order; aside; to, towards; over, on. According to native lexicographers the senses in which parā may be used are expressed by the following Sanskrit words: ābhimukhya, prātilomya, gati, vi-krama, dharṣaṇa, hiṃsā (vadha), vi- mokṣa, bhṛśam, pratyā-vṛtti, bhaṅga, an- ādara, and nyag-bhāva; [cf. pareṇa, para-tas, pare: Zend para: Gr. παρά, παραί, πάρ, πάλιν: Lat. per, pereo = parā-i, perdo = parā-dā: Osc. perum, ‘without:’ Goth. fra-, fair: Angl. Sax. for: Old Germ. far-, fer: Mod. Germ. ver-: Lith. par-, ‘back, again;’ per, ‘through:’ Hib. frea, far-, ‘back, again.’]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

párā praep. gaṇa prādi zu P. 1,4,58. VOP. 1,8. weg, ab, fort, hin, per (vgl. pereo mit parā 'i, perdo mit parādā); nur in Verbindung mit Zeitwörtern und in Zusammensetzung mit Substantiven. Gegens. ā NIR. 1,3. In H. an. 7,43 und MED. r. 68. MED. r. 69 werden folgende Bedeutungen angegeben: ābhimukhya, prātilomya, gati, vikrama, dharṣaṇa, hiṃsā (vadha), vimokṣa, bhṛśam. DURGĀD. (Schol. des VOP.) kennt nach ŚKDR. die Bedeutungen pratyāvṛtti, bhaṅga, anādara und nyagbhāva. — Hängt mit para, paras und pra zusammen.

Original text · German · adverb

párā Adv. weg, ab, fort, hin, per —. Nur in Verbindung mit Verbalformen und in Zusammensetzungen mit Substantiven.

Original text · English · particle

parā ind. A prefix to verbs and nouns in the sense of ‘away, back, in an inverted order, aside, towards.’ According to G. M. the senses of parā are: 1. killing, injuring &c. (parāhata). 2. going (parāgata). 3. seeing, encountering (parādṛṣṭa). 4. prowess (parākrāṃta). 5. direction towards (parāvṛtta). 6. excess (parājita). 7. dependence (parādhīna). 8. liberation (parākṛta). 9. inverted order, backwards (parāṅmukha). 10 setting aside, disregarding.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

párā (nur ˚—) weg, fort, hin.

Original text · French · previx

parā parā pfx. insép. (para) en arrière, en sens contraire; qqf. en face, vers. Gr. παρά; lith. par.