परा-

See also: परा

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 (pára).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.ɾɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɑː/

Prefix

परा- • (párā-)

denotes the opposite, far, distant, beyond

Sanskrit terms prefixed with परा-

पराकाष्ठा

पराजय

पराभव

पराशॄ

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